June 2023

Yorkville | Toronto

Thursday June 01, 2023 

He pays attention, 

fully, completely, truly. 

He knows what it is 

for, and so he’ll say no more 

(it is all that he has left). 

Friday June 02, 2023 

“You are a poet 

and you don’t know it, but your 

feet show it, because 

they are Longfellows” (so said 

his mother when he was young).  

Saturday June 03, 2023 

He knew beforehand, 

yet it did not give him pause 

the way it does now. 

Why this change in reaction? 

The reason is retention. 

Sunday June 04, 2023 

"Heliocentric 

cosmology is nothing 

but Freemasonry 

dressed in scientistic drag."

The sun is not the center?

Monday June 05, 2023

He made his peace with

late-stage Catholicism

by remaining a 

nominalistic misfit, 

just like Ockham before him.

Tuesday June 06, 2023 

Seated to his left 

was a Loretto Sister, 

and seated to his 

right was a Jesuit Priest: 

neither clowns nor jokers be. 

Wednesday June 07, 2023 

It is with fondness 

that he recalls when her last 

name became her first. 

How ruthless of her, and yet 

how ruefully endearing. 

Thursday June 08, 2023 

And then his vision 

was broken into pieces. 

Whether it can be 

peaced back together again 

depends on his adhesive.

Friday June 09, 2023 

Seven times a day 

turns out to be doable: 

no more, and no less. 

Unless his circumstances 

change, the routine will remain. 

Saturday June 10, 2023 

The more time he spends 

in social recreation, 

the more he’s convinced 

that silent reclusion is 

the only way out for him.  

Sunday June 11, 2023

He read the Decree

on Ecumenism and

came to conclude that

"The Dream of Karl Rahner"

is a Jesuit nightmare. 

Monday June 12, 2023 

It would have to be 

completely exposed if it

saw the light of day.

It is best for all involved 

to leave it in the dark room. 

Tuesday June 13, 2023 

Unspectacular 

monks advertise neither 

their means, nor their end.  

They sit and they stare because 

they just don’t care anymore.  

Wednesday June 14, 2023

It started in a 

5,000 watt radio

station in Fresno,

with a sixty-five dollar
paycheck, and a crazy dream.

Thursday June 15, 2023 

Friends that are worthy 

of the name create, sustain, 

and remain within 

the mythical shadow of 

their own origin story.  

Friday June 16, 2023 

He was brought back full 

circle to the time before 

the system seduced,

reduced, and reintroduced

him to his dark passenger. 

Saturday June 17, 2023 

What is he building? 

We have a right to know what 

he’s building in there. 

Personal privacy is 

all well and good...till it’s not.  

Sunday June 18, 2023 

He was at Massey 

last night with his daughter to 

see the queen of song. 

Her pill went down easily 

(neither jagged nor little). 

Monday June 19, 2023 

They deliberately 

prevented him from knowing 

anything about 

them, so why continue to
try and find out about him?

Tuesday June 20, 2023 

One thoughtlessly used 

remark on an historic 

landmark can quickly 

turn into a landmine that 

blows up an ancient friendship.   

Wednesday June 21, 2023 

A silent sorry 

was the response he received 

from the one person 

he thought that he truly knew. 

It gave him serious pause.  

Thursday June 22, 2023 

He wonders whether 

something incriminating 

was said among them 

that they don’t want to disclose. 

It is beyond his control.  

Friday June 23, 2023 

The REC button 

has been pressed for many years 

without him knowing.  

A life has been recorded. 

It will never be erased.  

Saturday June 24, 2023 

It took only one 

late-night reaction for the 

old OLSB 

to be thoroughly returned 

to its earlier glory. 

Sunday June 25, 2023 

Once you determine 

your function within the caste 

system of the world, 

the better off you will be. 

The powers that be can see.  

Monday June 26, 2023 

The art of dwelling 

manifests itself within 

the art gallery 

he is presently writing 

a critical review on.  

Tuesday June 27, 2023 

Realization: 

the present state of affairs 

is the exception, 

definitely not the rule  

(the sane are seen as insane). 

 

Wednesday June 28, 2023 

Two years already? 

Most do not last beyond that. 

He has been pushing 

the technical envelope 

longer than he expected. 

Thursday June 29, 2023 

After a sleepless 

night that was punctuated 

by delirious 

counter-factual horrors, 

he drank cold Nescafé Gold.  

Friday June 30, 2023 

Cold Nescafé Gold 

is turning out to be his 

mourning drink of choice 

now that he has ventured out 

into the world of #hashtags.