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Posts Tagged ‘queens’

On walks of shame

I got in at just about seven am, still reeling from a bit too much rum at a time when everyone else in my God-fearing pseudo-suburbia neighborhood was chasing down the Penn-station-bound railroad while clutching to a thermos of caffeine, probably wondering whether I had been fucking Prince Charles last night.

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On milestones

My friend from Boston and I have been friends forever. We’ve been friends since the Rock of Ages was a pebble. We’ve been friends since before sliced bread was the next “best thing.” We met round about the same time dirt was invented.

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On the show

…he heard me. I know he heard me. I swear to God… and not just because it’s an accompanist’s job to listen. We’ve done this song before, many, many times. We’ve made lot’s of music. He followed me and led me. He pushed me and pulled me, entered me and made love to me and I made love to him…

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On Pathmark

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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On the grand return to Queens

It’s amazing how I’ve only just checked out of the hospital and I’m already filling my life up with empty motion. Just like a New Yorker, huh? I’m so full of empty motion. Never sleep, always busy, just like my city…

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On priorities

Sometimes I wonder how complete a complete change should be … i find myself doing one or two of the things I’ve always done. Of course, I breathe exactly the way I always have … I speak pretty much the same first language …

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