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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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7:03 AM

November 14, 2012 – 5:45 pm

Last month I started waking at 7:03am. I am not a light sleeper, but something was disturbing my slumber cycle. I opened the window of the Fort Greene Observatory to the morning air and heard a machine rumble. I immediately identified the source as the transformer powering the construction of a condo tower several blocks […]

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No Helicopters Over Brooklyn

June 1, 2012 – 10:26 am

Manhattan was a noisy borough. Sirens filled the canyons. Trucks and cars blow their horns, Helicopters fly overhead. There were even more noises from the alley behind my East 10th Street apartment. My windows were usually open. I didn’t believe in AC. My alarm clock for several years was a young Jamaican girl, who woke […]

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