Two courses of inquiry.

DIARY

from Xylo, the Wolf Baron

4 MOST RECENT JOBS I'VE HAD IN MY LIFE
*Freelance Editor
*Writing Tutor
*Medical Temp
*Dishwasher

4 MOST RECENT MOVIES I'VE WATCHED OVER AND OVER
*Man on the Moon
*Young Frankenstein
*Casablanca
*Romeo and Juliet

4 MOST RECENT PLACES I HAVE LIVED
*Brooklyn, NY 11205
*Chicago, IL 60660
*Chicago, IL 60609
*Flint, MI 48506

4 MOST RECENT PLACES I'VE BEEN ON VACATION
* Chicago, IL
* Flint, MI
* Zanesville, OH
* Placencia, Belize

4 MOST TV SHOWS I'VE LOVED TO WATCH RECENTLY
* The O.C.
* American Idol
* Showtime at the Apollo
* SNL

4 WEBSITES I VISIT DAILY
* Blogger
* The New York Times
* The Flint Journal
* Wikipedia

4 OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
* Swedish Meatballs
* Quesadillas
* Coneys
* Deep-Dish Pizza


from Chronicle of:

A word association exercise:

SMALL HANGING BIRDCAGE
Mote in filtered sunlight, crinkled newspapers, photographs, shadows, conspicuous silence, ash, brown, tattered paisley patterns, a television, a Manhattan, static, a seltzer, coffee that's been sitting out so old that it's spotted with mold.

SUN
Faces, clowns, grass, dryness, a rubber swimming pool, ancient monuments made of concrete, a hill listing down into the trees at a melodramatic angle, paths ringing down, a jungle gym, a gyroscope, red traffic lights, wooden benches where one waits for the bus.

TRACKS
Rain, except it's completely dry, poplar trees and stars, fear, yellow light, hot and hazy, hard to parse, billowing clouds, a hot wet smell of sparks, creaking, ghosts, running.

LUST
The wind, sleet or freezing rain, moans and echoes, wet clothes soaking and hanging them up to dry, huddling, studying the patterns on a blanket, on the bark of a tree, improvisation.

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