December 2008
27 posts
It pleased me to see across the platform someone scrawled ‘JESUS’ in the dirt of the door under chain and padlock, under ‘Big Black Cocks.’
I resisted the urge to tell the lady on the train that her $3.33 coat with the reduced price tag still hanging really suits her.
Everyone ignored the couple’s public displays of affection, save for the driver of the bus. ‘And to our right, some really broke newlyweds.’
My nephew came to me looked rather disturbed. ‘I accidentally peed sitting down,’ he said. ‘Were you pooping?’ I asked. ‘No.’
‘Too much,’ I told the merchant. ‘You already paid, take your crap and go.’ ‘No,’ I said. ‘I meant you gave me an extra dollar in change.’
Locked out of the apartment with a broken key, I wonder if I’ll have time to finish the morrow’s @AChristmasCarol.
The caterers carried crates full of Wild Turkey, Absolut Vodka, and imported beer to the Republican Party party. ‘They had to cope somehow.’
In Queens, you can feel the MTA cutbacks starting already with the crunch of six inches of snow after every step on the platform.
He saw that my bag had a picture of a unicorn on it and scoffed, then wrapped himself with his orange pashmina to exit grandly.
This year’s holiday party had a western theme. Straw bales everywhere. ‘Times like these I wish I smoked so I could light a match,’ he said.
‘But I need it to stay regular,’ she cried. ‘No,’ said the Chinese herbalist. ‘You’re already a pretty girl. No more thinning tea! No more.’
Oh the irony. I just gave @themediaisdying a shout out on a print magazine’s blog. http://tinyurl.com/5e4sjp
When I tried to point out the soap suds beneath his ears, the broker looked even more confused than his copy of the Wall Street Journal.
While Christmas shopping at the 99 cents store, she saw the rug of her dreams and placed it on layaway. Blue tiger stripes with frills.
While defending the four empty seats, even I began to suspect if these very late friends of mine are imaginary. Paranoia sans schizophrenia?
He commutes with only three electronic devices: his cell phone, his ipod, and his shaver, using the last of which in the morning rain.
She handed me a bible. ‘You buy these yourself?’ I asked. ‘Yes, child, every one for the mission.’ At least someone’s keeping print afloat.
I jumped into the train tracks to save my hat and was greeted with fanfare when I climbed back up. It’s a popular hat.
The poodle mistakenly took her master’s tug as signal to attack. The lady screamed throughout the mauling, but I was the one under the mutt.
Though strangers, the old woman criticized the nanny the entire ride. ‘How will you get down the stairs? Make him walk. He’s old enough!’
‘Trains running normally today!’ proclaimed the white board. We on the platform were thrilled for the unusually average service.
‘You two met? This is Charles, he teaches Taekwondo.’ ‘Aikido,’ said Charles. ‘This is Iyuli, he writes poetry.’ ‘I sing Opera,’ said Iyuli.
There’s a version of my mother roaming the streets of New York had she run away to the States at 17 and never dressed any differently since.
You’re sweaty, toothless, and you kick me while you sleep. But you make me feel special when I say names of foreign cities. Dubai.
They whisked me to my usual spot, put down a bowl of soup and didn’t bother with a menu. But being a regular means no fortune cookie either.
We watched with courtesy as she tried her 15th swipe. When the ATM did work, she took out her roll of $20s, and deposited them individually.
At the rest area, Carmine handles sales for Diesel/Merchandise next to Linda who handles Gas/Merchandise. Her yellow nails grazed my apple.