November 2008
22 posts
“some things last longer than you think they will/
some other things you...”
– bob dylan
The Squares Will Hang You Up Sooner or Later
“The arc of the universe bends towards mediocrity!” proclaims Martin Luther King V with a bitter smile, banging his fist on the bar as he slurps the dregs of his fifth bowl of pitot. I finish my second bowl and motion to the waiter for another round. My flight leaves in 2 hours. I still have a little time.
It’s sometime in November, 2085. We’re sitting in the...
memories of london
on the mangled street corner, i get dragged into an agreement with a fatso, and not knowing what’s happened, i’ve signed up to wave a banner for a football league. later i sit in the back of a cab dreaming about wet upper thighs and the driver is jamaican. “are you sleeping?”, he asks. “no just thinking about a girl.” he gives a conspiratorial wink and...
A kid playing trumpet on Burgundy St..
…Made me cry tears.
Full disclosure: I am on drugs.