Jesse Ball

should we visit the tombs once more and lie happy in the shaded grass

bells music and curtsying at every filthy door

"i am alone and forever will remain so even in the company of my many sisters"

boy w large balloon

"save us"'

the word bucket for instance has no bottom although bottoms are necessary to buckets and cannot be avoided

"we lived in a bag when you were little" "in a bag?" "yes, sewn into a bag" "i liked it there. i liked it in that bag."

@LeChapu i dont believe so. you may have to read in spanish. but i believe the translation by Virginia is remarkable.

@llabessej Hey, mate. Huge fan of your prose. Quick question: is "The Children VI" ever going to be published in English? I'm a native Spanish speaker but I'd much rather read your original words.

Someone has brought to my attention questions regarding the novel THE CHILDREN VI. To answer: it is appearing in Spanish only, with SIGILO.

“child seated on hare”

@whadeh24 @saditekin Yes, you have my permission, Whadeh. The image is yours in perpetuity.

@llabessej @saditekin Hi Jesse, I'm the one who got it tattooed on my body. I'm an actor and they like to cover our tattoos so the production won't be sued. Can I get your permission to show it on camera?

what was it the bottle said?

“may i ask humbly ask may i?”

“if the alphabet destroyed the human capacity for memory & poetry and we live on in some agonizing later day?”

@saditekin it’s perfectly fine with me!

@llabessej hi Jesse, someone wants to get this sketch as a tattoo. what’s your policy about this?

“EATING CANDY”

“all the birds were dreaming of the same crumb of bread, a modest crumb, but real, just within reach—a crumb the others did not see”