Author Archives: Peter

Open City declared Peter Nolan Smith an underground punk legend of the 1970s East Village. The New England native spent many years as a nightclub doorman in New York, Paris, London, and Hamburg. The constant traveler has lived for long periods of time in Europe and the Far East. After a forced retirement from the Schmatta trade in Thailand, Peter Nolan Smith returned to New York to work in the international diamond trade. At summer’s end he resumed the life of a writer. The world’s leading leisureologist is currently based in Sri Racha, Thailand, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and Luxembourg City. He has no address.

Pollice Verso by Jean-Leon Gerome

May 5, 2024 – 2:24 am

“He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword.” Petronius (Satyricon, 117)

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CENTURION / 2010

May 5, 2024 – 1:59 am

Latin was a required language for the top classes of Xaverian Brothers High School during the 1960s. The first ancient words learned by freshmen were ‘amo, amas, amat’ and ‘agricola’.The former was the verb to love and the latter meant farmer which was one of the few male nouns with a female ending. My teacher […]

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The Scent Of Sand

May 4, 2024 – 9:44 am

In 1917 TE Lawrence of Arabia was led through a palace of an Arab prince. Six rooms were scented by fragrant incensed. The last was bare with a window opened to the wind. Lawrence asked the prince what was the scent. “The desert. It was here before us. It will always be here, even after […]

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Shin Bet Funkies

May 4, 2024 – 9:10 am

On October 7 2023 thirty-nine NYPD officers were training in crowd control tactics in Israel. Shin Bet has been instructing American police in how to treat all protestors as terrorists since 9/11. A large percentage of the 12 are addicted to steroids to protectively bulk up against civilians always considered guilty and potentially dangerous thanks […]

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May 4, 1978 – Journal Entry

May 4, 2024 – 7:49 am

Shitting is a great release of tension. Antonio at the Ebasco dining room and I share the same schedule. “Every time I eat here, I gotta take a shit 30 minutes later.” “Right before we serve lunch.” “Like clockwork.” “And then at 2.” Tick-tock.” I had only been constipated once in my life at fourteen. […]

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