everything is fiction or fantasy

"What could you not live without?" -A little kid I passed on the street, to his mother.

in case anyone asks, this is my favorite view of manhattan

"He Had Stayed: a poem mostly by earnest hemmingway"

He had no thoughts

Nor any feelings

Of any kind.

(He can't have gone, 

Christ knows he can't have gone).

I wish I had the boy

But you haven't got the boy

You haven't got the boy

He said softly and aloud.

I'll stay with you until I'm dead,

It's silly not to hope.

But you haven't got the boy

He said softly and aloud.

He looked across the sea

And he knew he was alone now.

(He can't have gone,

Christ knows he can't have gone).

There is no sense in being

Anything but practical.

I wish I had some salt

He said softly and aloud.

Then he felt the gentle touch--

If the boy were here

If the boy were here

He said softly and aloud.

I wish that I could see him,

To touch him 

And to feel him.

I wish that I could show him

What kind of man I am.

The setting of the sun

Is a difficult time

For all fish.

I'm glad that we do not

Have to try to kill the stars.

Perhaps it was a dream

It may as well have been a dream

I wish that it had been a dream

He said softly and aloud.

You must be very strange.

He looked across the sea

And he knew he was alone now.

It was too good to last

He said softly and aloud.

You think too much

He thought.

I wish I had some salt.

I missed you.

I don't know.

Then he felt the gentle touch.

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A fire alarm went off in Whole Foods and no one moved.

In other news, today I bought a hat!

Nelson Mandela is in "critical but stable" condition according to NPR.  We know he's been in critical but stable conditions before!