The last day of summer always feels so cold.

Then sometimes you just have to appropriate a passage from someone else’s masterpiece because it all fits so well.

More thoughts about Dhalgren and the nature of synchronicity.

The Galileo space probe meets its end in the atmosphere of Jupiter. The [last day of summer][x1] always leaves me [cold][x2] [x1]: /2001/09/22/the-last-day-of-summer “The Last Day of Summer • 2001 Sep 22 • Foobar” [x2]: /2001/09/30/last-days “Last Days • 2001 Sep 30 • Foobar”

It's been 8 years since this song was released by The Cure. I remember that the first time I heard it, I felt that it captured perfectly my despair from that moment my heart shattered 13 years ago.

September is when I set sail
under duress
amidst the crashing waves of disappointment
driving me far from shore