Category Archives: work

Exhaustion

May 17, 2013 – 6:51 am

Working at the metal shop is exhausting. We construct objects from steel, zinc, tin, and bronze. Everything is heavy and the work is hard, but better than being broke, since my old spot on 47th Street is gone. No one is buying diamonds these days and even my old friend and boss Richie Boy is [...]

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Stop Swearing

March 24, 2013 – 12:16 pm

My only comment – It’s just a fucking job.”

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SMASHING KNIVES by Peter Nolan Smith

March 22, 2013 – 7:13 am

 In the Greater Depression the employment opportunities for a man my age were limited in New York City, however my absolute willingness to work overcame most obstacles and for the past two months I have labored at a different job every few day. I have trawled Harlem pawn shops for loose diamonds, videoed Off-Off [...]

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Sunny Cold And Loud

December 30, 2012 – 1:28 pm

Last night I went to bed at a decent hour. My eyes closed reading AMERICAN TABLOID by James Ellroy. He really hated the Kennedys and I dreamed about my meeting RFK at the Lower Mills trolley stop in 1966. JFK’s younger brother shook my hand with the a reincarnated firmness. I attempted to warn him [...]

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Back To Work

December 24, 2012 – 10:06 am

Last week I had no work ahead of me and the rest of the year promised to offer more of the same. I luckily sold two diamonds to make enough money to pay rent and send my kids in Thailand, but my own existence was threatened by a dismal lack of funds. I called friends [...]

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