not comfortingNo  not at all 

                             not that he was looking for comfort it rolledup on him abruptly 

thats what reading and walking flung at his feet 

                                                    not that hed tripfall over it was agile like a cat

the paragraph concluded 

                           “Every step traverses death.” 

OHthank you Cormac McCarthy 

his book The Passenger 

                         “Every step . . .” isnt a thing to read while walking 

he knew

plenty of miles have passed underfoot with scarcely a stumble catching his toe

incredulous How do you do that?!

short answer Practise

long story only literature was allowed in his parents home not comicbooksHardy Boys ducked a bullet only literature 

James Baldwins Another Country did not prove to be literature anif a black writer wasnt at home in his parents house 

fuckNO science fiction 

                       so he kept paperbacks in the garage that his dad wouldnt keep his car in because he thought itd fall any day

              an rather than riding his bicycle to a friends he grabbed a canvas bag – as he uses today – tossed books in it to read going an returning

practise makes perfect

he wasnt perfect

but every book he learned was banned he sought a copy and read 

                                                                       they have formed who he is 

an he is untroubled offending anyone because few have the depth an breadth of his unbridledfreed reading experience

   obscenities have made him the man he is today

1510,  Sunday,  28  5. 23

2023,  Sunday

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