ok, not so much singing, it was Enrique Caruso, the insane brain-battered red cardinal who every sunrise sunset flies straight … More
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One fine day the Army will have you itching yer anus
Oh, sure, be as Ivy-League as you wannabe, Mr Rhodes Scholar but one fine day the Army will have you … More
Less culpable at her funeral?
M, B In the spirit of helping out, thoughts below, longer & more poorly-organized than I’d hoped, but work calls … More
Expect Trainspotting
Expect Trainspotting What addict wouldn’t object to a disruption in her supply? This week’s firing of the John’s Hopkins Pain … More
Panic in the Baltimore waiting room …
Panic in the Baltimore waiting room … Gaps and shape-shifting sands of speculation & surmise. Who among us wonders “What … More
Different kettle of fish-facts
Braddock, re your question: For me it’s not a matter of which datapoints are in/accurate. For me the concern is … More
For want of some fucking Valium, or weed …
For want of some fucking Valium, or weed … For want of a nail: 1. Ma doesn’t eat. 2. Ma … More
Did Ma actually ever get off the smack?
Missed Ma opportunities
Missed opportunities for us, Ma Getting off the smack Dietician for Ma Physical therapy Flies-on-wall at TeleHealth video calls via … More
What does it take for the hip surgeon to say“yeah, maybe later”
What does it take for the ambitious hip surgeon to say “yeah, maybe later” to a patient w necrosis at … More
What addict doesn’t object
What addict doesn’t object to a supply-chain interruption? Expect Trainspotting.
Vote me off this island, please
Ma, not dismissing your fears. Not a one of us knows WTF we’re taking about. All of us civilian laypersons … More
Dragnet and the phone game
M, P, I agree. It’s really hard. Everyone knows that in any situation, the first report is always wrong. Like … More
Inscrutable, shakes-head
Same river, many wells … Decades ago, AK shocked me with: “Everyone grows up in a different family.” Our lives … More
Oh, sure, bio-dad. — Lucius, the well is deeper than I knew
Ma Never-send letter thoughts I put together. Even now the little girl causes stress Jaybird Not sure what your calls … More
Oh, sure, bio-dad. — such an unhapp of a child
Oh, sure, bio-dad. — such an unhapp of a child My-family Thanksgivings in Western Maryland: you toddler, crying folded like … More
One tries not to sound bitter
Son came sometimes sad Son made himself mad The son failed to flower every daylight hour One tries not to … More
Savage Bamboo Wood: Pandas-On-Ice Parade
Ma SITREP: The Savage Bamboo Panda Mob is having a fine, rollicking good time. They strapped on bamboo shoots as … More
Well-heeled hornets stillborn
All them well-heeled hornets w hummingbird legs and their stillborn eggs
Children that come without blame
The pretty brown-haired blue-eyed debutante in the walker: You could put it down to a skiing accident But it’s August … More
Children, take your places
Watching all the young Turks playing grownup in grownup clothes w grown up cigars & hats
Them high-heeled little girls
Them high-heeled little girls, sure, sure, their hope-chest hymens come high-five unhinged.
Them high-heeled
but the anus still between us, and also with us, father; the rectum pre-speculum the rosebud as yet un-rodded
Kerosene tits set to ignite
Them ladies w smiles peeled personal-trainer tight, kerosene tits set to ignite, their husbands a-strafe their bedroom superfund site
Like the little girl loved a horse
The woman in the Jim Dandy Bar, w her bloodstain of an eruption, of a fascinator, crisis, of a hat; … More
The man w the moth at his throat
The man w the moth at his throat
Hats that hang like crimes confessed
Birds-o-paradise from brownfields stagger on broken heels, wear hats that hang like crimes confessed, like sodden cigarettes, like tin-snipped ailerons, … More
Feathers from plenty war bonnets
We watch palsied pickpocket partridges pluck feathers from plenty war bonnets
The heifers in curls
The heifers in curls See always the dawn, Bolt-on Spray-on Turnbuckled their pearls
The colt-leggèd girls
The colt-leggèd girls, never see the dawn
The man w the moth in his mouth
The man w the moth in his mouth
The people, the watch, the whole enchilada
Bitter Porch Troll in the line for The Porch “Is this the reservation line?” “Do you have a reservation?” “No. … More
AirBnB, win some, lose some, leave a mark
It’s clear that the architectural rehab of 17 La Fayette Streetwas done with expertise and pride of work. The same cannot be … More