Run, Lady
10/07/03 People are always rushing. Always responding to the voice on the overhead speaker. Hurrying in herds, gripping their belongings and holding them close to their torso.
Pseudopenis
“Oh I have balls. I have a ton of balls.” -Unknown Woman at Chili’s Restaurant, 10/04/03
Blue Line Cogitations
11/03/2003 I sat in the very front of the train because I’ve always wanted a full-front view of where we were going as we were getting there. The track laid out ahead of us. I realized that if there were a derailment or a collision I would be the first to die, but it was […]
This Is What You Taught Me
You taught me disappointment from expecting too much in a person. We met up at Roscoe’s after you moved to the city. After you left your sugar daddy in the suburbs for a sugar daddy on the north side. A Lincoln Park sugar daddy that owned an entire three-flat, complete with a garage and a […]
Big Trouble in Little China
Chinese takeout for dinner. Garlic chicken. In the cooking area behind the front counter, a Chinese woman and a Chinese man shout at each other in rapid-fire Mandarin.
Miss Marine Biologist
At the laundromat, a flat screen television hangs above the “TOY CHEST,” a sarcophagus-shaped machine of fun, wherein for 50 cents one can maneuver a three-pronged claw to obtain a treasure.
Purge
The following is an excerpt from my novel-in-progress, Retribution Principle. Mom, Learned a new word today. Purge. Father Kozak said the root of this word is the same as the word “Purgatory.” Which, also he said, was where you are right now. Purgatory.
Don’t Breathe
Don’t Breathe is a well-crafted horror/thriller that proves that man scariest “monster” in this genre. From the film’s opening image that serves as both an establishing shot and a flash forward to the mayhem that will ensue, I was hooked. Breathtaking cinematography, an eerie score, and excellent performances by Stephen Lang and Jane Levy, Don’t […]
Hope for the Breast
One of humankind’s greatest plague has struck too close to home for the second time. To all women with breast cancer: You are on my mind.
Stand Back, Stevie. Stand Back.
“Stand Back” by Stevie Nicks in my head. Had to watch the music video on YouTube. Remembered a time when MTV played music videos. The M in MTV, it stood for Music. Don’t know what it stands for now.
Joseph Stallone 