Monthly Archives: September 2024

THE DUKE OF ROCK by Peter Nolan Smith

September 18, 2024 – 1:07 am

2012 Back in the 80s and 90s Tompkins Square Park in the East Village had several basketball courts. Full-court games were played next to the handball courts closest to Avenue B and East 10th Street. Half-court games was located against the fences of the asphalt baseball field on Avenue A. Players were split between neighborhood […]

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A Lone White Male From Hawaii

September 17, 2024 – 6:21 pm

Yesterday a lone gunman hid behind a fence obscured by vines at a West Palm Beach golf course owned by Donald Trump, who still considers himself the 2020 president-elect. His hiding place was on the fifteh green. According to the Secret Service, who were protecting Donald Trump playing a morning round of golf, an agent […]

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Smooth Sand

September 11, 2024 – 6:33 pm

Thousands of feet pummel the beach. At the edge of the sea Only mine Erased by the waves Smooth sand.

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February 7, 1990 – Biak – Indonesia -Journal

September 11, 2024 – 4:08 pm

I woke up this morning to the muzzein calling out the morning prayer. He has a good voice. Strange for Islam to have conquered the world. The animists resisted until falling for Jesus. They must have like the nailed god. I sat on the teakwood veranda offering a fantastic view of Cenderawasih Bay, reading standard […]

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Thousands of Feet Sand

September 11, 2024 – 1:38 pm

Thousands of feet pummel the beach. At the edge of the sea Only mine Erased by the waves Smooth sand.

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