Monthly Archives: November 2020

944 Takes On Three (maybe) Unrelated Things 11-24-2020

PROPHESY: The prophet must prophesy with the vaguest, most generalized applicability possible. Specificity, always the enemy of prophesy. Creating anticipation never actualized, this the prophets goal. Thus he is never wrong, and always employed. RAGE: must always be tactical, never … Continue reading

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943 An Anthropomorphic Insult. 11-22-2020

If you’ve read my poems, you know I have the joy of feeding birds in a back-yard–fast-food-free-fly-zone of shepherds crooks, hung with suet holders, stuffed and Droll Yankee Spinners filled with black oil sun flower seeds. It’s a hobby. More, … Continue reading

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942 Liebe und Arbeit 11-17-2020

Happy are they for whom vocation is avocation., who neither strain nor toil, rather who play in peace in the fields of the world, who take no vacation for they feel no fatigue, know no drudgery- only quest and the … Continue reading

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941 A CHESS LIFE 11-15-2020

Russian Grand Master, Nicholas Russelimo, played 10 games at a time in Washington Square Park. If he lost, he’d give his opponent a buck. If he won, the guy gave him a buck. If they played to a draw, no … Continue reading

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940 What’s A Words Worth? 11-12-2020

….or as Hamlet says, “Words, words, words.” There was a time, Shakespeare’s, actually, when The Virgin was called “silly”, when a man who desired men was called “faggot”. Then “silly” evolved to “special” and “faggot” became “gay” and if you … Continue reading

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939 PRE-STAINED DINNER APPAREL 11-08-2020

DAMN! I just spilled blueberry juice on my white henley at breakfast. That’s it! The shirt is ruined. Never gonna get that stain out. It’s doomed to be a “work ‘n sweat-shirt” for the rest of its life. But then … Continue reading

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