unpublished stuff

  • on the job

    all the construction workers sitting on the curb, looking left as a pretty woman passes on the sidewalk. she’s in a short dress. i wait to see all their heads turn together as though controlled by motion sensor. i watch her go by and go by but they all continue chewing their lunch. they’re looking…

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  • fishing in Culver Center

    look at all these fishing lines in Culver Center, where thepeople are plenty and the fishing is good. and thefishermen come by, and they troll,they drag the line across us… let it out little by little…closer, and closer, and the bait sniffs around me, thislittle pug, and i smile and say, “hey buddy,” and put…

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  • bad botanists

    you don’t know bougainvillea and you don’t know jacaranda. you know frizzle sizzle but the jury is still out on whether that’s a real plant. we are the world’s worst botanists on our walk, going south through your neighborhood but quickly turning north when you say, we can go to my coffee shop! and i…

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