Category Archives: lotus eaters

about people who are not facing the here and now, but have to be there and then on cell phones and ipods

in passing

the guy scraping his windshield sent raspy blasts of ice drops popping into the crisp cold air Damn shame I didn’t go with my buddy: he left for sunny Florida two days ago He didn’t use the colon on purpose … Continue reading

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wire fence

A snowblower is spouting high jets of snow and frozen dog shit from the vet’s parking lot up, up and away! over the fence onto the virgin snow of my neighbour’s back yard. Pockmarks pummel the smooth wind sculpted expanse … Continue reading

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grocery list

So often potatoes, bananas, bread and eggs butter, juice, veggies and an entré become a fascination: push a shopping cart trundle through aisles dodging other shoppers remembering the list: potatoes, bananas, bread and eggs butter, juice, veggies and an entré … Continue reading

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