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June 6, 2010 by Jonathon Penny

We’ve been remiss. So solly. The semester is almost over, and our long, hot summer ahame is about to begin, so there will be more catching up, including the promised exhibition of works by our budding artiste. Here, just to whet your appetite for things roundabout, is understatement #1, coming to you from Guatemala:

Senso unico indeed.

By the way, our plans for total transformation continue apace: Riley and Jon hit the gym at least 4 times a week, with Riley doing a whirlwind tour of things that make you move your legs real fast, and currently measuring up to 5’11″. Christopher isn’t far behind, and will join us after school ends. Wendy, too.

And just in case you were curious: 16.5″ pre-workout. And couldn’t fit in a size 46 jacket the other day. Jackman, eat your heart out!

What’s up with y’all?

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on June 7, 2010 at 07:05 | Reply Ashley

You’re alive!! I’m very excited for the catch up. I can’t believe Riley is 5’11! That’s insane? He was just a little guy when you guys left so I can’t even imagine it. I guess it has been almost 3 years since I’ve seen the Penny boys/men. Come home soon, okay?
on June 9, 2010 at 23:00 | Reply wendy

Ahh… Ash we miss you!!!
Congrats by the way!!! I LOVE BOYS!!!
on June 10, 2010 at 15:59 | Reply Amber Edwards

Holy Shmoley! yMayrik is helping…ereally ob0noxious. tI can’t believge all of the worbking out that is going on. I am hdoing a biggest loser competition here in G’ville, that is pretty fun . Way to go guys!R Good to here from you!iiiiiiiiiiiiiuuu love M)arik and OAmber.0o
on September 14, 2010 at 02:26 | Reply Darci

I don’t think you are still there.

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Lente, lente currite noctis equii: (Allahu ackbar!)*

Given its head, the night runs faster than a man can breathe
Its nostrils pant, its dusky edges heave,
And I am pulled from sleep too soon:
The yellow tones of morning and the morning song
Too early crowed, but not in the cock's throat.

The call to prayer comes early:
"Our alarm clock," quipped a friend,
Indicating the humble mosque at his front door.
We have one, too. We all do in this garden city,
This oasis overrun but not yet ruined,

And the mosque, with its staggered chorus
Of muezzin, fairly owns us, night and day:
There's hardly time to leave off praying my litany of regrets
From a day spent seeking more help than I have given
Before I'm called back to my knees.

I do not join the sweated worship of the immigrants,
But I think of prayer far more here than ever before,
For God is great indeed, and it is better to pray than sleep,
Even if all one does is pray to sleep a little more
Before the panting night is stabled, brushed, and fed,
And the mu'adhdhin clears his rooster throat.

Copyright JaPes, 2007

*"Lente, . . .": "Slowly, run slowly, ye horses of the night!" (from Christopher Marlowe's Tragicall Historie of Doctor Faustus); "Allahu ackbar!": "God is great!" (An arresting exclamation these days, but like U2 and that "song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles," "we're stealin' it back!").
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