medium mirror
on the metro now,
a sunday at 0815,
everyone’s either on the phone
or asleep.
difficult to tell
which from which.
i was not wrapped up in a device,
until now,
as i draft into an app.
typewriters are difficult to wield on the Q,
no pen or paper on me, either.…
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is this thing on?
short text test publish
because noting
tr: Because nothing is yellow, everything is green.
haha, at least everything’s not blue…
fake / flake
It’s not the fake, it’s the flake.
Cat Thomas
The Opposite of Love
The opposite of love is indifference.
Indifference, fwiw, is also the opposite of hate.
From indifference’s POV, love and hate are, in effect, the same emotion. They converge in equivalent affect.
They both may inspire equal sensations of asphyxiation, and the sustained acts of haters or lovers may require equal obsessive compulsion.…
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The Resurrection of Uncle
That Old Guitar on That Old Guitar
Uncle, a 1934 Gibson L-1 flat-top acoustic, came to me via my wife Cat’s father, Steve, a stellar pianist and big band leader in Chicago. Cat’s great Uncle Ernest, Uncle’s original owner, bequeathed the guitar to Steve.
Cat & I found Uncle (in his original case) in Steve’s basement on a trip to her Chicago home.…
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“Let me in, Luna.” “No.” “Why?” “Take me to @downtowndoghouse to see @baracudajo. Massachusetts has turned my coat into hard scrabble!” “Kid, that’s where we’re going. Tomorrow you see JoJo.” “Oh, ok. In that case what are you waiting for? Come in! I’ll ring the Footman.”
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“Moose fact socks?” sniffed Luna. “Even for the northern realm of Luna’s Lands, they show no taste.” “There’s-” “Dare you argue?” “Lol.” “Lol hold tongue or I’ll take it.” “They’re staying on, Kid. I have never had a bad day in moose fact socks.” “Plebs all around me. Pfft.”
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“Behold Queen Luna’s Lowell castle until July!” “You 3rd-person now?” “Topic! Why don’t these horseless carriages slow for we?” “This is Massachusetts, the OG bird-flipper at monarchy.” “Well they are my subjects. They will submit!” “Speak for we-self, Kid.” “Silence, Jester!”
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Down & Out 2019
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2017_11 NYC Marathon
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2017_09 Southampton 24hrs
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2009_09 Southampton Surfers
Coopers Beach / Halsey Neck Beach
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2017_07 Ellie Visit
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2017_06 Venice, FL
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new word #04252011
Main Entry: spanx·ti·pa·tion
Pronunciation: spank-st&-'pA-sh&n
Function: noun
1: the wave of anticipatory excitement as a hook up takes off his/her “figure-controls.”
see also: spanxtease