I do an exaggerated stride out of Blackfriars station so people know I’m moving right ahead and don’t plan to swerve.

Jim has to run a secret errand for his dad. In his imagination it becomes a military operation, aided by a famous accomplice. The operation fails - but the famous accomplice comes to his rescue.

Marc, a manic depressive returns to the house where his parents both commited suicide.

I crossed the intersection cursed at an inconsiderate driver- took a seat in "la casa del pueblo," confirmed my usual of a margarita with Ramon (un caballero suave y simpatico,)

Stagnation My concrete bones Movement is limited To a slow beating Pulse point In my neck Rage burns in dulled eyes Turn it off Turn it off Turn it off my love Build me a city

Fire engines move for fire. And when they find it it goes wOw!

This was, as far as I could see, the magic of Christmas shoved into a wood chipper and vomited out the other side. Mulch for my own little flower-bed of childhood angst

"Well, that's too bad," Lois had said. "He'll just have to get used to it."