I don’t write in a journal everyday, but I have accumulated many entries over the past 50+ years beginning in 1966. Some items evolved into longer works. Among the leftovers little pieces survived. I thought a collection of these with a piece culled from the same date in a past year would make an interesting yearbook. The consistencies and inconsistencies of mind, skipping back and forth across time, provide varied perspectives. It is difficult to remember the context of the past we’ve lived; we also make suppositions about times that predate ourselves.

The few alterations from original drafts were to improve clarity. The worst of my work is not included. There remains enough mediocrity and immaturity to make me feel humble and you feel smart. There are also moments of accidental insight and incidental humor.

Author Stephen Crane referred to his little pieces as pills…apparently they were small and somewhat hard to swallow, but good for you.


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Monday, November 20, 2017

Universal polarities


November 20, 2010  (I was 66)

Universal polarities
resolve in the nether of transition
the crickets cease

A great lesson of friendship
is learning to mistrust
without animosity

Friendship is measured
in distances
between points of agreement

Friendships require
aiding and abetting
Friendship and expectation are synonymous

Friendships pass in the night
Resolve dissipates in the steam
of another cup of coffee

Resolve is the prayer of hangovers
Resolve is one half the argument
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