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| The Prodigal Son |
Tuesday October 01, 2024
It is time for him
to return from his aimless
worldly wanderings.
There is a room with a door
that can be shut behind him.
Wednesday October 02, 2024
He is running out
of money and running out
of time to make it.
This does not concern him since
this is according to plan.
Thursday October 03, 2024
No matter what they
say and what they do he must
remain in his lane.
This is not negotiable,
it is the way the world ends.
Friday October 04, 2024
Since two thousand and
nine he has been fine living
outside the system.
He was once in it, but he
was never a part of it.
Saturday October 05, 2024
It has taken years
for him to hang his private
world on public walls.
Time stopped to show his still life
for those who pay attention.
Sunday October 06, 2024
Romance is a myth
of modernity forced fed
to the Western world.
With the turn to the subject,
Saint Valentine became mute.
Monday October 07, 2024
There is a difference
between talking to someone
and speaking with them.
The distinguishing factor
is always within the eyes.
Tuesday October 08, 2024
The guttural sound
streaming through the showering
rain is heard again.
He cannot decipher it,
despite aural fixation.
Wednesday October 09, 2024
In just under three
months the conditions under
which he lives will change.
Virtual silence begins
in an anonymous room.
Thursday October 10, 2024
The nameless presence
indicates that he must now
take on something new.
He does not know what it is,
but he feels it in his bone.
Friday October 11, 2024
What he hears outside
his closed door is telling him
to leave it behind.
This could not come soon enough
given the sounds of the times.
Saturday October 12, 2024
Usually it is
not the first thing that he does
after he wakes up.
In other words: these words are
the exception to the rule.
Sunday October 13, 2024
Every September
years ago he would spend two
nights at Lovesick Lake.
He had the sickness back then
(it was bad and that ain't good).
Monday October 14, 2024
He took it as a
chance to indirectly feed
the relative poor.
Even food can sometimes be
like Glenn Gould’s battleship grey.
Tuesday October 15, 2024
Just how long will he
have to continue working
in this wounded way?
Cold comfort: one becomes strong
at all the broken places.
Wednesday October 16, 2024
"Congregations make
you crazy, you only get
better on your own."
This quote from Sting is what a
sedevacantist would say.
Thursday October 17, 2024
His own wisdom is
a shadow within a dream
dreamt by someone else.
And given his history,
he's probably a wise guy.
Friday October 18, 2024
The last time he was
at the Oxley he received
disappointing news.
It turned out for the best, but
at the time it was the worst.
Saturday October 19, 2024
"Will it be two out
of three for thee?" he asks as
of three for thee?" he asks as
distance disappears.
The investment he has made
makes the answer obvious.
Sunday October 20, 2024
Individual
practices give all our words
their sense and nonsense.
If language is the house of
being, then speaking is life.
Monday October 21, 2024
Is it better to
be thoroughly insulted
than sincerely praised?
If you are an empty shell,
then better does not matter.
Tuesday October 22, 2024
He enjoyed reading
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
as a young player.
For those in the know, this is
the reason he loves Iceland.
Wednesday October 23, 2024
Psychological
issues are the deciding
factor at this stage.
Ability is beside
the point, despite its amount.
Thursday October 24, 2024
They said that he was
an Achilles but without
an Achilles heel.
He said that nothing is as
healing as the human touch.
Friday October 25, 2024
At least with the old
schedule he gets to keep his
enemies closer.
They can look and maybe touch,
but beyond that not too much.
Saturday October 26, 2024
The tiny town of
Tiny, Ontario was
his destination.
Georgian Bay, Towering Sky
manifested in real time.
Sunday October 27, 2024
In the dead of night
he was greeted by a kind
and gentle canine.
They say their breed is the most
intelligent of them all.
Monday October 28, 2024
He tries to be a
responsible witness to
his own time and place.
Mordecai Richler taught him
how to do this in person.
Tuesday October 29, 2024
It is still lovely
to make a reservation
for a rendezvous.
The elitist aesthetic
here does not go unnoticed.
Wednesday October 30, 2024
The bell will toll soon
enough for him now as he
helps to relocate.
Starting at the top will be
like ending at the bottom.
Thursday October 31, 2024
Part of what they need
to do together is to
conserve their secrets.
They are far too precious not
to be whispered between them.