Category Archives: Activities

East Village Dawn October 26, 1986

July 13, 2024 – 9:37 am

East Village Dawn Dawn Crawling towards noon Lena’s bare feet pad across barer floors To an open window Overlooking the alley willow Turns Then to the closet Grabs A silk robe To wrap Around her nakedness Back to the bedroom Seven steps Then Sitting silently on the bed Her hand Touches my thigh Caressing flesh […]

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The Summer Leaves Of a Monk

June 16, 2024 – 5:08 pm

Stayed in two days A monk No talking two days A monk. Walking Down the Avenue. Silent The sidewalk alive As are the trees The branches The green leaves Arching Into the summer sky Oh summer Oh summer Oh summer I silent A monk oh summer ps there was no fasting. At least Not for […]

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May 26, 1978 – East Village – Journal

May 26, 2024 – 9:42 am

I named my son Fenway. Red Sox Nation. Fenway Park where baseball is still baseball and not a distraction for the shopping mall under the seats No blaring ads, no hoopla, no fake audience noise. Baseball. My first game there was in 1962. Sox versus the Kansas City Athletics. With my brother and my father. […]

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Bible Topless Poolside – North Hollywood 1995

May 12, 2024 – 7:25 pm

In 1995 Scottie Taylor invited me out to LA to run the door at the Milk Bar in Beverly Hills. As usual the nightclub’s opening was delayed several months. I had no money. Only a credit card from my dear mistress, Ms. Carolina. Scottie and I lived on about $10 a day and the occasional […]

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Staten Island Fog – Journal 1978

May 11, 2024 – 7:25 pm

From May 9, 1978 Journal On the Staten Island Ferry The first time I’ve left Manhattan Since Boston. I can’t see anything of Manhattan. The fog follows the ferry’s wake. The harbor air The gray sea dark as the gray air. The world a maze of opaque sameness. The ferry approaches St. George. The passengers […]

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