times of travel
like these
I never do enough writinglike remembering dinner
tonight hosted by george's nephew Jimmyhaughty and gregarious ex of Glenn Close married now to a Russian woman in a velvet pant number unusually hip, for family. 10 plus greeks
families like stages of life
Ange, old guy, looks confusedbut really isn't
Diane is pregnant
her husband Steveknows the baby boy is due february 2, 3:10pm is going to be the most devoted father ever is going to do all the night feedings change diapers is worried about shielding his kids from the groin region of the electronic babysitter Jeff works for Encyclopaedia Brittanica
at $150 a year, they have 2000 individual electronic subscribers
his wife, Joan, next to me,
finds the internet sprawling
found my explanations illuminating
on my other side
old bess, in her eighties
climbs 40 flights of stairs a day
we exchanged platitudes,joy of living, growing older George, warm
remembering my last grace
asks me 15 seconds before I'm to say another
I like saying grace,
I wasn't nervous,
after I realized to let the love flowwe are so blessed these people flash by like
san francisco friday chicago saturday swarthmore sunday somehow I manage to have a good time
and work on my pages like now, 4.54am
mom's supposed to wake mein half and hour for my philly flight I stayed up till three
dyeing my new long johns purple(couldn't resist throwing in everything I was wearing too)
and looking through old shit4am, waiting for my laundry to dry
plane leaves in two some hourstime to work on web pages! like my brother's page
pondering judgementmom sez since I don't talk about old friends shoplifting (we were arrested together)
I should reserve judgementand career detriment
as a matter of infinite hopeanyways, I think I found
more interesting things to say from lovefuck critics
I love everybody.
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