For a couple returning to New York

Elle Decor November 2012 11.27.12 8 min in bed on the Lower East Side, NYC The goddamn shower upstairs is going again. Bill hasn’t seen the neighbors yet but he hates their grooming habits. The hot water pipes sing in an ear-bleeding pitch and they take two long showers a Read more

By justk, ago

proper autumnal

tea menu @ Ezra’s Pound, Dupont 8 min @ the above This is serious. Not life threatening, but my life as I know it is at risk of irreparable change and it will not feel good… Stop it, you understood every word I said and you have to help me. Read more

By justk, ago

tales beyond the theatre’s walls

NOW magazine “Fare Game” theatre review 8 min @ Hub coffeehouse The ghost had never ventured to the ‘front of house’. She had always remained in the dressing room and backstage area. Walter knew this meant more than the end of the run. He knew everything about the ghost and Read more

By justk, ago

No that’s not me

overheard at Ezra’s Pound 8 min @ Ezra’s Pound, Dupont St. “Say something!” We’ve been in this standoff for fifteen minutes according to the industrial sized clock on the studio wall. I have accepted so many things over our three years. I have accepted you just as you are. You’re Read more

By justk, ago

Vito Corleone did not answer

The Godfather by Mario Puzo 8 min @ The Tampered Press, TO The center will not hold and things will fall apart. You told me that would happen but I didn’t care. I wanted what I wanted and what I wanted was you. I didn’t care how much of it Read more

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The heron family is divided

Birds of Jamaica by Frank Bernal 8 min @ Noir Coffee & Tea, TO   Kate and Robin hadn’t said a complete sentence to each other since 1995.  Quite a feat in their garrulous and extended Irish family.  Kate facilitated the arrangement by constantly being on assignment with Doctors Without Borders Read more

By justk, ago