Friday, January 1, 2010

VII. DEADLINE EXCHANGE


She calls me Blogo. Bold, brilliant and brief . . . I am a special sort of thief. I steal time from their lifetimes. (While drinking wine.) I claw . . . the fervent core of my gray tofu dough. Longhand . . . I suffer the rectangular face of the white paper. I tend to unleash some hormonal, sometimes ammonia scented, dish of adjectives spiced with mega-dental but mental-microtonality wish. Sometimes I wish my pencil were not a sharp moon-driven wish. I stubbornly try to suppress the obstinate pressure of time spoiling the taste of my wine . . .

“Listen. There is this sort of competition. You gotta pay admission.”

“What’s that . . .”

“It’s all about some recognition.”

“What’s that . . .”

“Acceptance.”

“Are you sure . . .”
. . . .
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