NAKED GUY (haibun)

You’re just trying to have a good time enjoying the music.  They tell you that all the crazies like to congregate on the field in a quasi mosh pit of sweat and flesh.  A few of the crazy manage to work their way up to the nosebleed section to shatter your tranquil peace.  Hey, you’re at Citi FieldContinue reading “NAKED GUY (haibun)”

NORTH CITY BUS ARMATURE EMPLOYEES

People need a sense of identity.  This can apply even when the identity is not such a good one.  I worked at numerous shit jobs over the years,  The pay was low and the benefits were poor.  Of course, they were just pass throughs for me,  It was a means to survive for a few months or a year orContinue reading “NORTH CITY BUS ARMATURE EMPLOYEES”

DAY OF RECKONING

Sitting at the Trestle Inn indulging in a Trestlewide.  There’s a candle on the table and a video on the wall.  It’s footage of Nancy Sinatra presumably singing “These Boots Are Made for Walking”  but there’s no audio.  There’s a young lady on stage in the backroom dancing some go-go.  I snap a couple pictures of the dancer that comeContinue reading “DAY OF RECKONING”

CHEAP MOTEL IN BERKELEY

Waking up in a cheap motel in Berkeley is weird enough.  The Indian food I had for dinner the night before is throwing a hootenanny in my intestines.  That Chicken Masala was heaven going in but there is a price to be paid.   I look about the room and see 5 other people laying about.  There’s someoneContinue reading “CHEAP MOTEL IN BERKELEY”