Downtown to Midtown

Without the jazz, I'd still be too tightly wound for my own good.

Nine Big Betas

I thought I was just shuttling through the tapes; another edit job. Turns out I was reviewing lives I had left behind. If the past is so unrecoverable and the future so uncertain, shouldn't now have more to offer?

Minus Two

Now that you've crossed over and I'm still here, perhaps you know whether or not I put my self at risk given my chemical imbalance and the ambient temperature.

Nice Night in Hudson

Christmas was very nice, JP; you should have been there.

Respectfully King of Rain

And the queen said to the dealer,
"I'll give you twenty rifles for the king."
And the moon that was almost drunk smiled,
'cause he know that everyone was thinking the same thing.

Late-Learned Geography

Turns out that when I visited Doug in Suffern, I was only about 70 miles from Bethel.

Crossing the Mississippi

I've always wanted to like Memphis. It sees like it should be as heartland as anywhere in America.

Fairview

I was carrying her because she could not go on when it all turned into a modern, subtle update of A Clockwork Orange; random, unexplainable, violent. Among the acts was tossing her off a roof. To the dismay of the evil, she glided.

Dark Signs

Days later, there was no sign of the dog's visit; what the lint trap gave up being the only exception.

Vapor Lock

In a way, it's sad to substitute silicon for carbon but, sometimes, the internet can be that reassuring figure, that teacher or guide, the one that brings peace to you though it's knowledge.