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more trees

i could not seem to accomplish or focus on anything today, as often happens on Sundays when i am at my most biorhythmically off… a pattern that probably began slightly before my infancy. lots of miscues and snafus and miscommunications and … Continue reading

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reclamation project

my friend J and i were chatting (i hate that word) online because it’s just so much easier and free flowing than the phone. actually IM/chat/texting is probably where i am at my best. i’m much sharper, quick-witted, fleet-footed, devil-may-care, … Continue reading

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the desert stars

From Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)  by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Once again I had found myself in the presence of a truth and had failed to recognize it. Consider what had happened to me: I had thought myself lost, had touched … Continue reading

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it’s only alkaline phosphatase

how many thoughts can a body accumulate over a lifetime? 19 at my last count. 20 counting this one. i’ve been thinking in terms of lifetimes these days. i guess maybe even mortality. i suppose it’s a natural thing, on … Continue reading

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neighbors

i am slightly freaking out about the neighbors on the other side of the wall of my apartment. lots of screeching voices. i can’t tell whether they are coming from an infant or an orgasm. but i am trying to … Continue reading

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plan making

the earth is so young and i am so old. how can that be? i wasn’t planning on being this old, but the earth kept egging me on. and on. it told me “hey, you know there really is no … Continue reading

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the blemish

another predicament. i really truly want to get my writing out there in the world, but i fear if i lose my anonymity, i may lose my job, lose my friends, hurt certain members of my family. this blog could … Continue reading

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the squall

title for unwritten song to be written this weekend. the squall     has ceased      to be     the source     of my      complaint

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piano lesson no. 2

it was only yesterday that I was found plundering my way through an unnameable dread. i could not tell if this dread was at all related to the MRI of my neck I had to undergo to make sure all … Continue reading

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7:50-7:55 pm

there was a moment of peace, of alignment, tonight from 7:50-7:55. it felt dangerous. because I sensed it could not last. but it was my sense of danger that disrupted it. must find a way to fix this.

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Room Number 7

i just returned home from my first piano lesson since the one lesson i took at the age of 8.       in Room 7 at the Old Town School of Folk Music. the teacher, a former punk rocker, … Continue reading

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30 minutes

it was mother’s day. i was invited to brunch at my mother’s place with my oldest sibling, S.,  visiting from the west coast. i phoned from the highway to tell them that i was running 30 minutes late. it was … Continue reading

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white foods

a social networking snafu and we’ve retreated to our underground bunker where we will seek refuge for the time being. until we are off the radar, off the grid. imagining no one will ever find us here. all of these … Continue reading

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doused

one of the trainers at the gym kissed my hand out of nowhere. i could not figure out how that happened, but i wanted to write it down, lest i forget. the other part of today that i really liked … Continue reading

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Sunday eve, shortly before dinner

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