MAY 30, 2024

currently listening to:

the-mountain-goats_there-will-be-no-divorce.mp3

MAY 27, 2024

the author thinks a while about names

my great-great-grandfather was called
procopio
my great-great-aunt, obdulia,
"servant of god,"
and her brother, alcides,
sister, uvaldina

clodomiro
araminta
hermencia
and inés

an odd burden,
these names,
piling up like boxcars at the end of the line

currently listening to:

protomartyr_my-children.mp3

MAY 23, 2024

my phone's running
much faster now
thanks to a stranger's
internet tips

we found kola roman
at the store tonight
and i forgot to do art or
wear makeup

currently listening to:

black-dresses_if-you-find-me-gone.mp3

MAY 21, 2024

if a book tells you
you are a spy
and a sex criminal

throw it out

it cannot be pleaded with
redeemed
befriended
cuddled
or fucked —

people, yes,

but with books it is too late
they are a hard thing
from the world of hard things

and if you ever decide
to write something down
(a sin)
think about whom you are killing

and help them if you can

currently listening to:

ezra-furman_suck-the-blood-from-my-wound.mp3

MAY 19, 2024

looney toons huffy
chad's hand-me-down schwinn
daniel's diamondback

i rode every day
in the town where i grew up

currently listening to:

shellac_riding-bikes.mp3

MAY 17, 2024

eight years
tea & oranges
bread & pickles
smith & jones
books & cassette
anabel & leonel
you & me

currently listening to:

isao-tomita_passepied.mp3