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The hospital room, at midnight
Drained neatly, each hour, stapled to a network of steel, wet plastic, web of blood and urine. Before the final bell of this fluorescent night: an orange. Oils burst, wild, juices glow, virginal, cold – alive! – a caravan, the blue-white sky, red haze of cinnamon, and bitter aloes, desert wind. In any trap, escape…
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…lazy…
Semi-demi-at-the-beginning-or-in-the-midst-of writing out the Sondheim/Heidegger paper. Various possible procrastination techniques from my extensive store of them are coming up, of course. There are a few concerts I have to see… the weather’s a bit dim… have to make dinner… might play another game of computer solitaire…. Wouldn’t it be interesting if I had somehow learned…
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Points on a curve
Last weekend I was in Manchester to hang out on the gay scene for two summer days, with P-. Various things occurred to me, and were written in one of my little notebooks. These points don’t really collect into a focused argument or linear series, but they do seem to sort of follow one from…
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WDC ➔ SFO
I grew up in Washington, D.C., where people are always careful of what they say. There are many gay men, but they don’t tell those who can’t use the information: congressmen and lawyers don’t want just anyone to know about their personal lives, and they give you only their first names. There is a lot…
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Sunny
The weather is sunny, and so am I (mostly – with a cheerfully anxious tinge to it). Shows that I really should live in a warm climate, yes? Ah well. Tonight, about ten people coming over – party/dinner – so cooking. As always I’m more enthusiastic than competent in the kitchen, so have gotten much…
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Ghosts
Tonight I saw an Ozzie comedy show, with many Oceanic celebrities, everyone having fun, in-jokes, etc….. When I’m really frustrated – aching, rather than bitter or resentful – at the Sydney debacle, at not living in that city, I don’t think about the really grand or remarkable times or scenes – not the bridge, not…
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