...i am a criminal...
...i am a something...
“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”
-George Carlin-
SOMETHING 001 - I AM A CRIMINAL
…i was prompted by author/coach to explain the benefits of a criminal existence…i mean there was more (moore) to the prompt then that, but all i could do was sit outside of my favorite 24 hour laundromat in Oakland and write the following short story…
I am a criminal. Always have been. Life began by prison breaking from my mother. The first year was viscera. Little has changed.
I am behind the wheel of a stolen cookie monster blue station wagon. Two types of blood sticky and drying to my parts, mine and someone’s who will maybe make it.
Two days ago I was a dirty rotten nobody. Now I am a bloody stupid somebody. There is little chance I make it past the end of this story.
I can see my pulse painting down my leg. I’m not good. I am honest. Sorry my breathing sucks.
“I think you should do this.”
That was all it took to convince me. Maybe that will convince you too.
“I think you should do this.”
It’s a bear, this moose. A half circle smirk silently humming Fiona Apple on the radio. You are the lawmaker or the law makes you. I never made much of anything. I stole it all.
Choice is illusion. My magic was believing that I had one. I don’t hurt anymore. I feel.
Today started empty. It ends with purpose, even if that purpose is just the end.
“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.”
-Steven Wright-
SOMETHING 002 - I AM A COLLABORATOR
…a couple weeks back i shared with y’all a musical collaboration i did with the great
…link to article…if you missed it shamu on you…i understand reading words is hard and so too can be listening (to music)…so hear…we made a music video so you can watch us whale away and share some time with each other (and you)…THANATOSIS by MITER/CANSAFIS (original song by HRIF)
“You get to be your own curator of your own exhibits inside.”
-Regina Spektor-
SOMETHING 003 - I AM A CURATOR
…i managed to get 4.5 days of work in the city holding metal and wood and helping traveling saleshumans sell online data security and breathing devices to each other…the work was physical…it felt real…the reality is people piss $28K on three day carpet rentals just to justify hosting three dutch holograms that sell lung jewels to strangers who want a Michelin rated dinner in the bay…before i bought my morning iced tea i took photos of where i was walking…these are those…
You, Steven Wright, and George Carlin. All ahead of your time.
I want to write a good comment. That shows how much... but my kid needs breakfast and then I gotta take my other kid to camp and then and then and then and then I'll pass out... thanks for writing and the dope pics... the part about pulse painting your pant leg? Do I remember that one right? vivid