I knew it the minute he mentioned north and south Italy. “It’s very different. North and south Italy. Have you been there?” He’s from close to Rome, and I have family born in Sicily. I have an Australian passport in my closet. I consider myself a global citizen. “No,” I tell him growing bored of the conversation and already forgetting how we met in the first place. “I haven’t been there.” His wife left him a month ago, and you...
My apartment is down to nearly empty. There are two pieces of furniture left, which are disposable, and closets that contain approximately two suitcases of contents. Few things provide more comfort to a gypsy. I take pride in being able to collect everything I have, in under 15 minutes - and bounce. And while I have seven months until this will likely occur, I'm someone who likes to be prepared. It was refreshing to toss out about 12 garbage...
Left (out) Verse The problem they have is that I never (lose faith) Care about. This bullshit. Promise. Like a man (LOL) will do better; When he is simply a piece of a list… In a westernly indépendant age I accept all U.S. “men” (our) are women; But I still wish I could meet a real “man” - Even though I can succumb to even… Put on a facade to appease the “clan”? When I look up, I only. See heaven. Bound. Please. My life is...
Since cracking off this web-ville in 2009, I've seen (and written about) a lot going down. I've also had the privilege to watch a collection of my fellow wordsmiths get the bindings they've been chasing, with their name printed across, scattered around bookshelves all over the place. That, to me, is very special. Self-publishing gave me the same tingles as I observed strangers plucking up my pages to indulge in my poetry. It meant a lot to me,...
With Halloween a week away, I spent the weekend watching scary movies in the theatre; wearing orange articles of clothing; and eating caramel apples. There was also dancing, a lot of food - and three of my favorite people. Regardless of saying, "I'm ok," the boys know something is up. There aren't very many things in my life that I have taken as badly as I took the luthier experience. That means a lot of overtime from my friends and lap time...