May 28th, 2024 – general updates
keelung, taiwan took a me day. walked in flip-flop sandals. forgot how much i liked bare feet against the weather. the skin of my toes pointed toward the cloudy sky. no wet shoes, no wet socks. the shallow puddles on the sidewalk or the road splashing harmlessly and then drying in the air. of course, […]
May 25th, 2024 – general updates
Keelung, Taiwan Louis is drinking milk tea from an orange box. The straw is thin and transparent, and I am familiar with the shape and utility. The rounded side for the top, the pointed side to stab, mercilessly, to puncture the air seal. Louis is drinking this milk tea as an extension of my recommendation […]
may 12th, 2024 – general updates
god bless maurice, he is ten characters in one, but having an old clothes dryer with no exhaust tubing installed in this apartment is hilarious and stinky. the humidity in here is already 200%, and the more his clothes dry, the more it smells like an anxious gymnasium from where i sit. but where am […]
may 11th, 2024 – general updates
parallel channels run, like liquid gold down the slope of a volcano.consider these with me there is what flows through the earthly channel, right –the sleeping and the waking, the food and the drinks,the streets and the crowds, the highrise buildings and the dips in the sidewalks,the clothes on my body.i have been letting my […]
may 9th, 2024 – general updates
i can’t recall if this is my toothpaste. i’m in the bathroom here at maurice’s place, where i’m staying on the couch and there’s a long bar across the ceiling, a curtain rod, with a curtain, and this is my space. it is simple and without drawers or containers, so my backpacks are around the […]
may 7th, 2024 – general updates
this particular wagon wheel started rolling maybe when the earthquake hit. or the few days before the trip to Cebu. time is fuzzy about the whole thing. but i am trying right now to hold onto the handle of a fan. a snappy, yellow fan. that pops when it opens if you do it right, […]
may 5th, 2024 – general updates
taipei, taiwan – airbnb4, banqiao district i have somehow become intimidated by my own writing patterns, which is weird. it’s the first time it’s happened. i’ve never had writers’ block in my entire life, but somehow in the last few weeks the gears in my clock have become encased in peanut butter. i have written […]
April 15th, 2024 – general updates
taipei, taiwan i’ve been writing every day, but the content is questionable – it needs to be reviewed. less travel journal and more abstract and sloshy philosophy. but getting back on target. leaving for the philippines early thursday, back a few days later. that’s going to be an adventure in itself. i guess i’m supposed […]
april 2nd, 2024 – general updates
Listen to the narration – taipei, taiwan you can find me in this physical form, dressed like a happily languishing bumblebee, floating through the aisles of a grocery store. you can find me standing at about the height that i am, falling to the earth at about the weight that i am, seeing to the […]
March 28th, 2024 – courage
Courage is a miracle and a fancy dream.
I had it once, held in my hands,
and it was glowing black, like fire in the shadows.
The heat would dry your tears, gentle,
gentle like a whisper; the words are both strange
and in a stranger’s voice.