22.11.21

 

whas life


to each his own


his was a fluid origami foldingunfolding lived to dreams an dreamed to life   

when he discussed Life capital L he did not distinguish between them
                                                                       his experiences were codifiedwere simply MEMORY long rich deep memories  it didnt matter to him if circumstances he faced were blacknblue redblooded live daydream dream hypnagogic or hypnopompic  he kept them in the same stone well  dipped into it greedily sipped savoured


the other eveningmorning he read the words over and over reading them he eventually heard them recited by an unknown voice then in his  then other voices women menhe wasnt able to distinguish them either despite listening intensely usually he dreamed of strangers

“You were so busy watching where you were going you didn’t see where you were.”  declarative   accusative
perhaps   . . where you had been.

it seemedbecause it was looped he must have read itheard it at least onehunred times as he slept “busy watching” was the Present the act of lookingmoving forward not prescient however disregarding what retreated in the rearview mirror he was taught to drive in high school by a strict teacher learned in hectic Chicago traffic who was obsessed with where his students eyes were  Mirrors, dammit, you have three! Check them every five seconds!
                                                                                        he remembered on two occasions the instructor had the driver stop the car and get out  You can walk back to school. Find another teacher, we’re through.


    mirrors
                they are there for a reason

lessons learned

0757,  Sunday,  21  11. 21
241,  Monday,  22  11. 21

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