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
Nucleus Alleycat
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