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May 25, 1978 SRO – Journal

May 25, 2024 – 9:14 am

“Don’t you want to fuck?” asked Alice. She was naked under a sheer and I sat in my unzipped black jeans on the edge of the small bed in the West 11th Street SRO. I wanted to have sex, but I wasn’t going to make the first move, since I often felt her cringe to […]

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MAY 18 1978 TIMES SQUARE JOURNAL ENTRY

May 18, 2024 – 3:19 pm

Yesterday Clover and I acted out mini-dramas on 42nd Street. Both of us dressed in the nines. Her skirt cut high to her thigh. We weren’t from the sneakers and jeans brigades. The pedestrians wondered who we were; a young blonde runaway and her protector. Anthony snapped shots of us. He seemed very pleased with […]

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MAY 17 1978 EAST VILLAGE JOURNAL ENTRY

May 17, 2024 – 6:41 pm

The Bruins lost 2-1 at the Forum against the Montreal Canadiens What else is new? Hilde Harnett is coming to town for a Saturday night on the town. She had been babysitting her aunt’s children in New Jersey. Her grandfather had been mayor of Jersey City. A powerful man. Her father is the editor of […]

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May 11, 1978 – East Village – Journal II

May 11, 2024 – 10:43 am

And doesn’t care for my writing. She only reads this journal for passages about us about her. never any of my hand written fiction, but for real reason. ” I don’t think you ever finish anyhthing.” I have to be honest these journals have no purpose. Their value is zero. All the stories I write […]

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May 8, 1978 – Journal Entry

May 8, 2024 – 10:00 am

This morning I stuffed myself with garbage food. I have a little money in my pocket, so I’m making up for lost time when I was broke. After paying off my prodigal debts, I have $150 in my pocket, almost a month’s rent at the SRO, but there’s no guarantee of more money in the […]

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