Welcome back to you, and to me too!
That’s right, friends — after a 5 year hiatus, on Sunday October 5 Meander shenanigans start up again, this time with a mini-Meander™ of Pynchon’s micro-masterpiece, The Crying of Lot 49.… Read on Macduff...
"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
Welcome back to you, and to me too!
That’s right, friends — after a 5 year hiatus, on Sunday October 5 Meander shenanigans start up again, this time with a mini-Meander™ of Pynchon’s micro-masterpiece, The Crying of Lot 49.… Read on Macduff...
One thing I would wish for anyone
I would wish for you
Is to start liking tacos
When you’re 57.
There comes a time when
shoe-tying is
serious business.
High stakes.
Like, I’m starting to think
all my shoe-tying up till now
was just about
getting ready for
< bends >
< ties >
< upright >
like that.
Take off your glasses Dan
let the trees blur
soft let the sound
cotton fluff let
the smell haze pulse
let your thoughts
melt like a plastic bag
you flicked with a lighter so
the words drop and
splash the … Read on Macduff...
Post-it notes in the air.
Finding his way
from the east side, near Grand Central
to a friend’s place in Brooklyn
over the Manhattan Bridge
by foot.
Everyone was walking in the same direction.
Finding your rhythm
there are familiar patterns you can scratch at
to remind yourself
your feet are your feet.
You drag them along in new sneakers
no matter what sidewalk
you’re pounding
it’s still
those same toes.
I’m wearing dad’s
watch again to turn
my left arm into his left arm
to give him an easy way
to remind me
how time works and
that the world keeps turning, the face scratched
by him, by his dad, … Read on Macduff...
surrounded by trees surrounded by
Pittsburgh ruins
that will be rebuilt
dressed
both in blue
with just enough quirk to their style
you know they put time and thought into it.
Waiting for the wedding photographer
and when you and … Read on Macduff...
A were-child
a little were-girl with ponytails and
a bike with a basket and bell
can eat her own weight in about
an hour. Which doesn’t
sound like much but you know
that’s more than your arm, your leg,
your … Read on Macduff...
Is there a case to be made
a first affirmative delivered in defense
of collating those second-rate thoughts
you might not see again (or even miss)?
Shake them out of your hands, those
drops of borrowed blue electric ink
to … Read on Macduff...