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Sh! SHH! Stanley wrote a poem and I’ve got to hear it. It’s his first so it’s his best so far and I want to enjoy it as much as I can even though Stanley’s a novice and even though … Continue reading →

There is nothing more to be said. We’re done all business completed all ideas exhausted. We are finished here and I’m sorry that you didn’t see it earlier because the signs were not hard to see but if you need … Continue reading →

John Milton, blind and ignorant, sold the rights to Paradise Lost for ten pounds but that was back at a time when ten pounds really meant something. Consider: One of the greatest works in English – and thus one of … Continue reading →

It does not have to be like this. We don’t have to face each other down behind tank sites protected seeking out only new weaknesses. We can escape our armor and stare at each other naked, unafraid. We can work … Continue reading →

I don’t hate you I’m not angry and this isn’t a fight. There is no argument for us to have. We’re good. The wars are over the peace is at hand. You don’t have to fight this or anything else. … Continue reading →

Don’t look at me that way: expectant hopeful. This is not the place for that. I cannot endorse your optimism any longer. I seek the safety of cynicism, the support I gain from never needing to try. Your asking me … Continue reading →

If you think you can do it, you’ve got a lot of nerve. If you think the glass is half full, you’re an idiot. If you have faith in a better day, then move back to Roosevelt Island, where all … Continue reading →

Thanks. Honorable mention to the pavement in front of my building growing up where my father dug my initials the day I was born. Honorable mention to the dog that ran freely with me getting hit by a careless car … Continue reading →

May you receive all that you deserve and maintain the kindness that makes you deserve it. May you have the will to remain as good as you are. May you rock harder and better than you ever have before this … Continue reading →

Smugly you look upon others and do not believe their fates could be yours. Easily, you could become them. Chance abounds. Every day is a race against death against failure poverty and homelessness. There is an edge upon which we … Continue reading →