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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. On the drive to Chicago by myself, I encountered something I wanted to write down, but never did. The only image I can extract is that of a puddle on the side of the road that reminded me of a glacial cut or geode. It was right at that y-shape corner…
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a portal In late April or early May of 2021, Henry and I decided we were vaccinated long enough that we could take the blue line downtown. We wanted to g…
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I’m lying down on the rough black rug in my room. On my back, I feel every tough piece of dirt and lint that the rug hides. This rug was here when i got…
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* Remembering the image in my head ~ the memory ~ before I write it down is a sacred form of writing before the writing exists. A beckoning to relive…
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i now go to work sometimes and i work in the lower level of a community college library built in the 1960s, on the same site as an old amusement park…
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so strange how my human body has a timer. at a certain week every month, as if something has clicked into place, i am suddenly pulled with anxiety and…
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I haven’t been camping in years, but recently i went with H and S. It was a hardcore missouri outing: we swam at johnson’s shut-ins, then camped at tom…
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as we drove away from logan square on july 3rd, i was licking an ice cream cone that my friend n gave me on her last shift at the corporate ice cream…
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