wake 8:15
green tea
acknowledge dog
walk to library
arrive library 9:03
print out 14 page rough draft of a story
browse poetry section on the 5th floor, the most beautiful floor
check out books
walk across overgrown empty lot, admire skyline
arrive at a coffee house, overhear woman reading a text message to another
mediocre coffee, overpriced crepe
walk past artist studios, $500/mo.
inquire about room for rent next door in broken Spanish
$250/mo. in broken English
nearing highway
observe a woman throwing a stick in the air and catching it
she reminds me of a picture of my mother as a majorette in high school
help a man push his truck to the gas station
another man helps too
we all shake hands
deposit cash in ATM
arrive home 10:45
acknowledge dog
type out a list
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Quotable Headline
Woman makes case for wanting daughter's ears pierced at an early age
"You're traumatized by looking at a chair, ya know?"
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Alpha and Omega Model (Reel Lawn Mower), pen on paper
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| Re-collection: Thursday, July 8, 2006, pencil on paper, photoshop |
The Disintegration Factor
The world was eating itself and everyone was celebrating. It happened so suddenly, so quickly at first. It was a giant sink hole that ate the asphalt and the empty bus that sat above it.
It was examined by experts, all of whom eventually disappeared. They'd explained that the hole was slowly expanding from within the center of the parking lot in which it began.
People were scared at first but soon began uproarious cheering with each evacuated building that crumbled into the earth. The pace quickened to a point in which a countdown was applied. The hole became reliable but not for long.
The mouth was getting greedy and opened wider with unpredictability. Entire families were being swallowed whole. Wonders of the world and state capitals collapsed into the blackness. The countdown wasn't fun any more.
Everyone migrated toward their final end but only Tim knew he was truly in the center.
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