Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Foggy Pennsylvania

If Pennsylvania was Buckeye, Az.

I was driving Pop J's big truck in the fog when I happened upon another big truck on the road, which had a very large sticker on the back window that read: FUCK SCOTTSDALE. That made me smile, not because I agree (though I probably do, with Scottsdale not in the least privileged, rather every other person who puts there weight in something other than spirit), but because it helped me remember how much I like to say the word Fuck, as timidly as I do, yet in a much different connotation. That bra-han looked straight at me, look as straight as his lips as straight as the bill of his FAMOUS hat, and gave me a nod like we eat the same shit for breakfast everyday--feeling mother fuckers like me. I smiled and gave him twiddle fingers. The word has been so silent on my lips.

There has been a lot of silence on my mountain-shaped lips. It gets lonely sipping coffee (among other things) by myself. I stopped brushing my teeth in the mornings--the taste of coffee is too good of company to part with sometimes. It is a knife for the blandness of my day.

I've been trying to write creatively lately, but nothing can knife that dullness of life I try to express. There aren't many that would see the beauty I try to convey, but hopefully, hopefully. Anyway, it's good practice for becoming a better writer, and reassuring myself that I still exist--in pain of lacking, existing all the more.


5 comments:

Pete said...

Good to read from you again sir.

Joseph Mains said...

cotton bra in october

dude: email me so we can hang out. i don't have a phone!

josephmains@gmail.com

Brian Baker said...

You have got to write way more often, man.

I definitely see beauty in your writing-although I am not sure if it is the beauty that you yourself intend the reader to glean from your masterpieces.

Brian Baker said...

By the way, I meant to say that I see beauty conveyed through your writings.

TW said...

hey man,

I've become a terrible letter writer. Your's is sitting on the desk sadly. But there must be a better way. Tell me what it is. I miss you and your kin (seriously tears like)like a burning coal which was set upon my heart and is quickly working its way down burning tissue on the way. Get back to me before there is permanent damage. tylerwatts@gmail.com