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June 13, 1978 – Journal

June 13, 2024 – 5:17 pm

This morning a knock on my SRO door.It was Ernie the porter for 27 11th Street. An eviction notice in his hand. He was about fifty. I never saw him outside the building. No one had, almost as if he were in hiding, but he always said hello. Friendly. ” I have nothing to do […]

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AUGUST 9, 1978 JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE

August 9, 2021 – 2:28 pm

AUGUST 9, 1979 Over a week ago my hillbilly girlfriend and I watched television at our friend’s Kim, duplex. We returned to my room of Ezast 11th Street around midnight. The SRO’s manager knocked on the door, asking, “Mr. Smith, are you moving tomorrow? Check-out is 11.” “Yes, I’m leaving, but now so leave me […]

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Journal Entry – December 30, 1977

December 30, 2020 – 6:31 pm

After waking up late Georg and I walked from our SRO hotel to the East Village. The setting sun only lit the highest buildings. Shit,”he said, “I’ve lost another day.” “I know. We never see the sun.” “The only sun I see is only TV and it’s in Black-and-white.” “We’re becoming vampires, living only a […]

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