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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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Nude Modeling Day # 1

March 20, 2025 – 4:13 am

On Canal Street In Chinatown Seven minutes to 1 On time Climb three flights of stairs First floor a wonton shop Second floor a Mah-Jong parlor The clack of tiles Third floor a massage parlor A faint aroma of tobacco One more set of steps to the drawing studio___ Seven older artists before easels Sitting […]

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A Bus To Boston

March 10, 2025 – 7:11 pm

March 9 Daylights Saving ends Two weeks short of the equinox Yesterday sunrise at 6 Today 7 The Flex Bus departure at 8 Pack my bag go taxi__ 7:41 The Bowery and Canal The old Fung Wah stop Departure on time Cross the East River I know this route well Chinatown to Chinatown 1962 to […]

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Nude Model # 2

March 3, 2025 – 6:10 pm

A naked man An artist’s studio Eight Artists Drawing Me A naked man Their eyes see me Not as I see me See my body That of a 72 year old man I see The tip was of my nose My hands Some of my arms My feet Some of my legs__ I see the […]

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Loneliness On The Day Of Love

February 14, 2025 – 3:12 am

The snow fell with silence The clots of flakes feathered the sidewalks Snow shovels scrapped on the concrete I threw out no salt___ Drifts collected by the bottom of brownstones No one came to shovel away the floes That was an old man’s job Mine___ Snow loves the cold I have good gear against winter […]

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