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A Hotel Room Off The Highway 1985

March 20, 2025 – 10:44 am

A little after midnight I pull the Pontiac LeMans Off the interstate Before Flagstaff Onto Route 66___ Kyla sleeps against the door Not knowing we are stopping for the night At a motel The Flamingo Motel Hotel Red sign bright neon I pull up to the office Get us a room Kyla wake “Where are […]

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Seeing Past the Hudson – Poetry 1978 – Journal

February 9, 2025 – 12:02 pm

Soft, the West Wind Blowing visions Of a continent From beyond the Hudson River Jersey to the Delaware Water Gap The Midwest corn fields 360 flat horizens The Mississippi Corn giving way to cattle The Missouri High prarie rising from the Midwest Sighting of the Rockies Desert Nevada More desert The Sierras Oh California Oh, […]

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January 3, 1979 – Journal – East Village

January 3, 2025 – 10:33 am

Alice and I get drunk at CBGBs with Bill Yusk. At CBGBs. Where else? Alice was mad at me, because she had to wait at the door. Lisa Krystal wouldn’t let her in for free without me. Kim wasn’t waitressing either. “I don’t understand why they treat you like they do.” Alice thinks I’m nothing. […]

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January 1, 1979 – East Village – Journal

January 1, 2025 – 11:55 am

Alice, Anthony, and I saw in the New Year on 3rd Avenue. A gang member of Puerto Ricans from the Lower East Side muttered at Alice, “What are you looking at, ugly?” Ship horns from the harbor signaled the end of 1978 and the gang member wished us, “Feliz año nuevo.” We returned the wish. […]

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December 29, 1978 – East Village – Journal Entry

December 29, 2024 – 10:31 am

Disco was king on 1978 AM airwaves. Rock and roll came a distant second and punk barely scratched the airwaves. Everyone was into Disco. Donna Summer, a Dorchester native, struck platinum with MacArthur Park and Last Dance, Chic took over # 1 in December with Le Freak. The shout for Disco echoed across the country […]

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