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Friday, November 2, 2012

PART 4 - DISASTERS RETROSPECTIVELY

"Prepare for the worst, hope for the best." - The second one I had down pat. But now I come to think of it I had the first one covered, too - not perfectly, but not bad either: Bathtub full of water? Check. Cooler chests all full of ice? Check. Car keys in my pocket? Check. Got the van tanked up... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

PART 3 - RESCUE IN THE NIGHT OF WIND

that snatches at my baseball hat, plucks at her skimpy cotton blanket, rocks the waiting ambulance that flashes blood-red "Here-I-come!"... until doors shut us warm inside, enclosing us in snug confines of white and chrome and tubes and gloves of latex rubber belts and rails, amid the squawk of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

PART 2 - THE HURRICANE

Finally unleashed, the beast snuffed four million lights and in utter black showed up here at the house to check his handiwork. He didn't need my flashlight to find the invalid who had no strength in power bed that had no power needing to relieve herself. The last aide left us hours ago to tend her... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 29, 2012

WAITING FOR THE HURRICANE

It's easy to believe some mighty hand uncaged this wind the while I slept, bid it rise from time to time in menacing crescendo that stops short then fades back down to not, all the while deep breathing confident unspoken promise of a greater far release that's still to come from someplace that, for... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 12, 2012

MY GARDEN GNOME

(the fun of this piece is in pronouncing the silent g's and k's)) My garden g nome is g narled and tough! He's made of g neiss, ignores cold weather. Trespass on my property? He k nows! "Stop right there, you whippersnapper! k nock- k need k nuckleheaded ignoramus! I eat k nishes, feast on k... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

FREEZEFRAME - a plane has just hit the second tower

I press rewind within my mind and watch the gush of flame contract, push backwards out the other side a silver plane complete. None have died! Eyes shut or wide, they all still are still in time - perfect plane and perfect tower - for the moment only feet apart! With feet apart, we braced ourselves... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

FROM KURT VONNEGUT'S SLAUGHTERHIOUSE FIVE

Billy Pilgrim, peaceful man, has come "unstuck in time" - can take our hours, run them backwards while he watched an in-flight movie showing scenes of World War II: A German city, broken, burning, packs its flame and misery into rising cylinders that hide themselves in Allied bombers flying... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 17, 2012

THE BLUE TRAIL IS A HOBO TRAIL

The Blue Trail is a hobo trail don't give a damn which way it goes, as long as it's away from here! "Here" right now is New York City - wild and gamy, loud and full. "There" is somewhere, anywhere, as long as there is woods and air! THE BRIDGE ejects you from Manhattan, dumps you on the Jersey... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

THE TITLE'S AT THE END #3

You temple of our dreams, it seems, you trendy place of let's pretend, you backdoor exit from this life, you creature living in the night, you time machine, you alter ego, fakery and heavy breathing, ever changing in compartments, foster child of bad nutrition, haven on a rainy day, you Loew's... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

TIME MACHINE

Don't expect to see me going north or south or east or west. Instead of "here" I start at "now;" instead of "there" I go to "then." Press the button on the left and watch the scenes go flying past: men with swords to Indians to cavemen on to dinosaurs! From shopping malls to country roads to... Sign in to see full entry.

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