Notes & Context

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Bike & Black Heron started life as one story, so I split 'em up & whacked 'em down. I mention this just because it might be fun to know that they're in the same 'universe'; the Michael in Bike is the Michael in Heron.

I think these stories narc on my writerly immaturity & yell about how unpracticed I am. They're sketches, they're bland, they're *okay* if you're forgiving. They might be worth taking time to spruce up, sometime. They're still too long :P

🚨Spoiler alert🚨 Re: 'Bike': A horrifying war death is too much for a parent or other loved one to bear. I challenged myself to conceive of and describe such a death in a way that would offer comfort to grieving loved ones. I chose the use of Bike's own perspective, mixed with familiar notions we in the West tend to have about death, to achieve this.

Gone is the first (and only, so far) thing I've composed in Latin. Robin Williams' death hit me harder than I would have expected. This brief tribute felt dignified & a little different, just like him.

Cue the Muse is a listicle of answers to friends' Qs about how I came up with stories, & other aspects of my process.

On Crappy Behavior & the End of the World was just me being fed up with the current crop of adults starting to say "What is the world coming to!" like every crop of adults in the history of mankind.

Archaeology & Anthropology These poems were written years & years apart. when I stumbled across the older one after having written the newer one, I thought, well h*ck, how about that. Maybe I'll write some more Sciences poems 🤔

Dope is a blog entry I wrote when a particular paycheck I got actually changed my damn brain chemistry. Going without even your cheap, small comforts during lean times is just very dispiriting. This was a good day ☕

Felt Tip Law was inspired by watching a succession of vastly different kinds of people all scrupulously respecting and obeying these scrawled out & cobbled-together signs scattered throughout an informal street market. People did their best to decrypt & follow the intended directions or heed their advice, and there was a joy in it that you don't ordinarily see. People often roll their eyes at more official rules, or want to bend or break them.

A Long Time Ago has major issues including images & clips missing when I copied the text to this website. I'll repair all that possibly as early as this evening. Then I'll turn this into a more meaningful note :P

I just Got Here needs work, whooo 😞. My heart's home is New York City and I'm yellin' ❤️ 🌆