Monthly Archives: August 2004

I Will Not Fold

It’s like winter, in the middle of an incredibly cruel summer. Voices no longer drifting; I hear them clearly now, chastising, condemning. Things never do change, do they? It wasn’t gonna be easy; I knew that, I know this still. Really, I must have gone into this with the stubborn eyes of an innocent, refusing

All That I Can’t Leave Behind

Three years ago: A dimly lit, seedy-looking hotel bar in Dublin. A man sits drinking alone. His bag, old and rangy, lies beside him. Inside: a laptop, several notebooks and some personal papers. The man finishes his last drink and turns to grab his bag. It is gone. The man was Bono, and the bag

Dandruff

There has been much scratching of the head lately. I think I might have dandruff. I mean, the ne’er-do-well’s have been dancing though my mind all of last week so maybe they are the ones kicking up the scalpdust. No head-rush. It’s dementia as roadkill. I should have stopped at the fifth beer. Is it