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About The Lost Pedestrian

In my wanderings throughout the moments/days/years, I try in earnest to find the mystical within the mundane and the mundane within the mystical, oftentimes confusing one from the other. I have wandered and roamed through many a city, many a town, in a state of wonder and bewilderment, without necessarily going anywhere. I am easily lost, but eventually found. (I am guessing you have just found me). My sincere hope is that you will find Something in this warehouse of thought, memory and false memory, words, numbers, tangents, murmurs, echoes (lots and lots of echoes), voices, dreams, and other paraphernalia.

this box

Posted on October 9, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’ve looked at my writing over the month or so of posts, and this has all been forced writing, squeezed out of a block of cement.   because i hear that not writing can be unhealthy. but i look at … Continue reading →

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elusive

Posted on October 7, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

someone just sent me a text message: stay in the present to which i replied why must the present always be so elusive? and then she texted back: do you ever wonder if is you who are eluding the present? even when … Continue reading →

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diversionary tactics

Posted on October 7, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

I’m trying to think of things to do while i’m waiting to hear from you: fast swim set sail go forth unwind take stock return stock try not forecast try not to read too much into anything get through a … Continue reading →

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this other person

Posted on October 2, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

if i ruled the world, stress would be eradicated. Stress causers would be evaporated. the stress has been mounting all week. i can’t pretend it isn’t there. because it’s there. people at my job have been so mean to each … Continue reading →

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Southport Avenue

Posted on September 29, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

I was hanging out with my friend L today, drinking tea outdoors on Southport Avenue. We were having this wonderful fluid conversation, with occasional non-disruptive disruptions. She would say, “You should look behind you. That dog is amazing.” A few minutes later, … Continue reading →

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Grenada

Posted on September 27, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

I got stuck in Littleton after missing my train to catch my flight in Boston. And since there were no cabs or cab companies within 40 kilometers, my only option was to either pay the $200 fee that American Airlines … Continue reading →

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my life as a car

Posted on September 22, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

it’s been a really hard past couple of weeks. the kind of weeks where i wonder what i could be doing wrong. why is fate and fortune turning against me? there must be some detail i am missing. some wrong … Continue reading →

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Friday night phlebotomy

Posted on September 13, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

the investigations into my liver continue. tonight (after work) at the phlebotomy lab, the lab technician asked me the reasons for the blood test. I told him that there are concerns about the health of my liver. He shook his head and … Continue reading →

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the new nodularities

Posted on September 11, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

doctors, doctor assistants, X-ray and MRI and ultrasound lab technicians seem to be finding a lot of nodules throughout my body these days. some are not worrisome, some should be monitored before they become worrisome, some are already worrisome. Nodules … Continue reading →

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vice versa

Posted on September 10, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

what happens to people like me when we don’t hear from people like you? we feel a thud whenever we check our inbox to find the message we guess you never sent. we like to think you wrote it, but forgot … Continue reading →

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data entry

Posted on September 7, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

i have been bereft. bereft of ideas. i hope it’s an in-between phase. in between phases. but the in betweenness sometimes seems like all i know. rarely is something what it seems than what it is. but a friend, who I only met … Continue reading →

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Proactive/Reactive

Posted on September 3, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

When I arrived at work this morning after the longish holiday weekend, I was immediately pulled aside by the dean who told me that I had to be more proactive. “What!!,” I said. He said, “It’s pretty clear. You just … Continue reading →

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2.5 days

Posted on August 31, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

it wasn’t my intent for this to happen but i haven’t uttered a single word to anyone, going on 2-1/2 days. it’s really strange… these accidental hermetic days. or maybe i am trying to evoke or invoke Leonard Cohen. If … Continue reading →

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My GPS

Posted on August 29, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

I really have to figure out how to recalibrate my GPS because it doesn’t seem to be getting me anywhere, and this has absolutely nothing to do with navigation. I use my GPS whenever I am protecting myself from disappointment or … Continue reading →

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anticipation

Posted on August 27, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

anticipate everything expect nothing  

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