Posted in Uncategorized on 09/13/2010 07:16 pm by Classic NYer
I think I’m not ready yet to talk about Saturday and the series of bizarre events that led up to Saturday. It burns the inside of my chest when I think about it. It agitates me. It makes me tense up and pace and it makes my muscles and brain hurt.
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brooklyn, confession, dark philosophy, harlem, lirr, loss, mother, nice guy
Posted in Uncategorized on 08/15/2010 11:06 pm by Classic NYer
Two memes in a row? Really? I’ve been kind of out of it, very busy with fast-approaching deadlines, sleep deprived, [insert more excuses here], etc. I’ve been a little angry and a little frustrated and not much able to put words together coherently. I was going to write a lighthearted post about my girlfriend from down the way and her little run-in with free-mason based conspiracy theories… but I just can’t right now
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dark philosophy, girlfriend, meme, mother, moving, sleep, summer
Posted in Poetry Corner on 06/30/2010 09:46 pm by Classic NYer
A poem about perpetual motion
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dark philosophy, perseverance, walking
Posted in Uncategorized on 05/02/2010 11:17 pm by Classic NYer
My God, is everything the same in this city? Houses, duplexes, brownstones, projects, black people, white people, Asian people, snobs, hustlers, workers, hookers, housewives, rich people, poor people, angry people, indifferent people, church people, heathens, muslims, buddhists, vendors, teachers, college girls, old men, botox-injected porn stars, carpenters, gas stations, chinese restaurants…
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chinatown, dark philosophy, ex husband, flatbush, food, grocery, harlem, queens, shopping, stranger
Posted in Uncategorized on 04/02/2010 11:15 pm by Classic NYer
I don’t know how to relay through this literary medium the quietly introspective insanity that is four hours of subway and bus travel; two there and two back. Of course, I can remember a time when this was commonplace for me, and yet now I’ve become like an impatient child constantly wondering “are we there yet?”
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dark philosophy, forward, music, st nick's pub, subway, trip
Posted in Uncategorized on 02/16/2010 01:58 am by Classic NYer
Actually, it’s not entirely fair to call either one of us bitter, especially since we have both taken responsibility for being the cause of our problems … and we agree that neither of us has much right to inflict ourselves on the world.
Come to think of it, that does sound like bitterness.
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alcohol, chinatown, dark philosophy, friends, holiday, snow