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Smooth Sand

September 11, 2024 – 6:33 pm

Thousands of feet pummel the beach. At the edge of the sea Only mine Erased by the waves Smooth sand.

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Thousands of Feet Sand

September 11, 2024 – 1:38 pm

Thousands of feet pummel the beach. At the edge of the sea Only mine Erased by the waves Smooth sand.

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AUGUST 17, 1978 – JOURNAL ENTRY

August 1, 2024 – 1:19 pm

I’ve lost track of time. Alice keeps nagging me about money. I have none. I’m living on a bagel and pizza a day whenever I’m not a lunch waiter at EBASCO CORP. downtown on Vestry Street. Guadalcanal asked, “How bad can it be? Are you still sleeping together?” “No, I’m on the couch in the […]

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Off To Rockaway – Full Speed Ahead

May 8, 2024 – 9:53 am

May 7 Seven months in New York Like a marooned sailor Like Richard Burton The Nile explorer On the beach in Trieste Ships sailing away on the Adriatic Burton going nowhere Like me. But Today I stand on A Wall Street Wharf Not a hint of winter on the river Spring 75 Sunny I am […]

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Away To Rockaway

July 28, 2023 – 12:57 pm

This last winter had overrun the Spring into late-April. I wore my cold weather gear well into the month. The snow lingered in the shadows. Finally the season gave up the ghost. And then the snow was gone. Flowers bloomed in Brooklyn. Ice cream trucks came out of hiding. Trees bore the pink shade of […]

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