When my TV viewing habits (a David Bowie documentary) meet memories… 1 Oh, my Song of Norway— the one who ‘got away’ I— I remember… 2 Oh, my paper doll— how long has it been now since I saw you yesterday? I confirmed trouble when 20 years came along to remind me: If you don’t [...]
Watching an HBO documentary about Elvis this afternoon… On March 23rd, 2020 Elvis will have been dead for as long as he was alive A few conspiracy theorists and obscure poets may make this observation— otherwise, the day will most likely go unnoticed by everyone else who will instead be fixated on the Georgia primaries [...]
Short on inspiration today, but I did spent nearly four hours at the bookstore this afternoon… Three hours in I’m still looking for salvation I know doesn’t exist The millions of pages on offer can guarantee only entertainment amusement distraction nostalgia confusion anger ennui self-righteous justification assembly instructions pretty pictures and boredom I will still [...]
An oddly quiet day… Floating through the world in a small chamber atop a structure of flesh and bones Feeling the moment surrounded by existence in all its forms and residues Beyond the chamber infinite space segmented into rooms, buildings, roads, and sky At the center of my universe infinite space segmented into hopes, dreams, [...]
After skipping all of the night’s festivities, my thoughts wandered back a few summers or thirty… 1 These aren’t the hot August nights of long ago back when the pendulum veered from one side to the other turning the course of summer on a dime each time upending life as we knew it 2 Nights [...]
On the way to the supermarket earlier this afternoon… The sign before the instrument of torture of Christ beckons those seeking shelter and sanctuary The price of admission is left blank to accommodate further increases Across the street next to the grocery store parking lot men and women sit with umbrellas and signs asking for [...]
A couple of small things I noticed this morning… A border thick and basic black burned into the earth where the wall will go A man and a woman stand before a pop-up altar a sign sticking out of the ground: Be Strong Checkmate turns to stalemate A gentle rain falls the trees bear silent [...]
WordPress won’t render this one accurately, so a screenshot appears below the text… The reluctant artist has packed up and gone to ground materials assembled and abandoned the warning whispered in the corner with the vent leaving an anomaly where the frame used to be This house was once a museum of the unfulfilled dreams [...]
A couple of impressions from a long week… Spotted cow at the side of the road disguises itself as a 40-foot cape napping while it’s still warm outside because the summer rains will come bringing the smell of wet dog and farmland Passing motorists are easily fooled They think it’s a lost blanket one that [...]
Another long day… 1 The tingling starts halfway there the wind through the windows pretends it’s to blame but leaves just enough doubt for the wire to threaten snapping And then where would I be? The last mile marker is the least useful refusing to tell me what I most need to know And then [...]
