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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Friday, August 23, 2019

MVP


August, 23,1975  (I was 30)

         MVP
The school board is Charlie O. Finley
It gets off by winning cheap
gets off on the concept of ownership
Its his farm and their system
I recognize fiscal responsibility
I understand public service
but I’m a Reggie Jackson or a Catfish Hunter
at fifteen thou a year
Man I fill the house everyday
and it’s a long season
I’m a skilled seasoned veteran
deserving some monetary recognition
Check my career stats
My work is art  I’m a student of the game
I go hard in extra innings every day
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