Monthly Archives: September 2024

9/11 9 years minus 2 days

September 11, 2024 – 9:10 am

Written 9/11/2010 Last night I drank wine and smoked weed with my 18 year-old nephew. Odin and I left my apartment at midnight. I lifted my head to the sky. Two columns of light scorched the black-blue sky. 9/11 monument. 9 years later. I still feel sadness. Never fear. You know where the lights lead.

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Osama’s Brother

September 11, 2024 – 9:01 am

Back in 1984 I was visiting friends in London. Vonelli was living behind Harrods. A small studio in which Eric Burdon of the Animals’ wrote SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS. This landlady was from America. Her daughter was a beauty. Her boyfriend was a Saudi pilot. he bought us champagne. Crystal not Moet. His girlfriend introduced him […]

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February 6, 1990 – Biak – Journal

September 11, 2024 – 6:34 am

Biak Yesterday I left Cousin Johnny in Honolulu. No more drinking at the Hotel Street bars. No more Femme Nuna Go Go. So far New York to Los Angeles Hawaii. I had picked up my Garuda tickets at Pan Express’ LA downtown office. LA-Honolulu-Biak-overland to Jakarta and then Sumatra-Singapore-train to Bangkok, where I’m meant to […]

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Made In The USA

September 11, 2024 – 1:58 am

Written Sep 11, 2012 It’s been eleven years since 9/11. Last night I erected my own Twin Towers. They cost $4. Made in the USA. Drank in NYC.

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A DAY FAR FROM NORMAL by Peter Nolan Smith

September 11, 2024 – 1:50 am

That morning a jet roared above the East Village. I opened my eyes. Lots of planes and helicopters flew over Manhattan. None of them ever this low or fast or loud. Thirty seconds later my apartment windows shook with a muffled thud that sounded more a boom than a crash. The children from the day-care […]

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