Pigeon English, my two cents

Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman There’s been a bit of fuss over this book.  I love distinct voices and the Ghanian-Brit argot of a pre-teen sounded like something more to love.  Game on. There are few books I start and do not finish.  I feel an almost moral obligation to not Read more…

Thank you Trader Joe’s

“be there when you get there, but be *here* now”    I found this ‘note to self’ in an old journal today; one of many journals and notebooks stuffed into the forest of cardboard cleared from storage.  Perfect timing.  My thoughts tend to race to the list of things I’m Read more…

purge, interrupted

After much talk and preparation – which consisted mostly of obsessing and fretting, I have begun the unenviable task of clearing out my storage space. It’s been a daily ordeal.  I show up at the storage facility, punch in the convoluted nine digit code – after ten straight visits I Read more…

shift one

my settings are off.  there’s been a universal shift, imperceptible to the eye.  random passersby are oblivious.  even acquaintances remain unknowing until i verbalize the details in answer to “what’s new?”.   is it still new?   it’s three wednesdays since his last breath.  is that a lot of time Read more…

over the hump of 6.20.12

A psychic goodbye by B.H. Whisper/ Quietly/ My name/ Before you go. The night is long. Night passes through the day/ To night once more Happiness to sadness/ Nothing is ever as before. A wisp of change/ Or twitch of Fate’s /Shriveled hand/ Don’t shed a tear nor try to Read more…