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Liege Lost

April 9, 2025 – 4:54 pm

Luxembourg bound From Oxford The Ambassador behind the wheel A Porsche Boxer 140 kph Arrive Folkestone Late Well past Midnight___ Wait Board the car-train Chunnel To Pas De Calais Past 2am Night Northern France On the Autoroute___ The Ambassador behind the wheel 180kph Alice loves speed___ Moi Un passenger Le passage Flat Same as Belgium […]

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Tough Guy – Myrtle Avenue

April 7, 2025 – 10:00 am

One walking back From buying a Newport loosie On Myrtle across from the park Smoking slow Walking slower A bald black man muscular His fit dog dropped to his belly__ “I know how you feel.” I say to dog His man “Shut the fuck up, honky.” “I ain’t the type to shut up, Plus I […]

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Old Books Squeaky Floor

April 7, 2025 – 9:52 am

Yesterday At the Antiquarian book fair Park Avenue Armory Inside Old older and oldest books Maps, and posters A map of Florida Spanish 1768 Florida With no roads crossing the Everglades__ A tourist placard from 1883 Promoting an Arctic Whaling voyage And comic books In the early 1960s I had the first Spiderman, Fantastic Four, […]

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A Seaward Gaze

March 31, 2025 – 1:02 pm

The next day The end of March No sun A misty cold wind ripped over the bluffs The Atlantic roughing the shore___ To the Eastern horizon Of ocean The rise of Block Island From the depths Of the Sea Bottom__ All land All 360 degrees The remnants Of The Great Glacier Melting 15000 years ago___ […]

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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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