a poisonous fart
“The witch-girl who lives by the bend in the river is said to keep a fart in a bottle.
It’s a poisonous fart, green as cabbage, loud as a shotgun; and after moonset or before moonrise, her hut is illuminated by its pale mephitic glow. For a time, passersby thought she had television.”
—Tom Robbins, ‘Moonlight Whoopee Cushion Sonata’, Wild Ducks Flying Backward; the short writings of Tom Robbins, 2005.
the world is made of language
“I don’t believe that the world is made of quarks or electromagnetic waves, or stars, or planets, or any of these things. I believe the world is made of language.”
—Terence McKenna, quoted in ‘Terence McKenna’, Wild Ducks Flying Backward; the short writings of Tom Robbins, 2005.