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Ratmen
Heard firsthand on the street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. (Actual Conversation): Man has a clipboard and confronts an old woman. MAN: Well, If you don’t want to sign the petition, it’s up to you. OLD WOMAN: That’s right. MAN: It’s a”¦ OLD WOMAN: You can’t make ME!!! MAN: Fine. OLD WOMAN: I’m not going to sign …
What the Goon Said
You are passing through a field of junk with tall dead grass, and you cannot see the vermin underneath it all. A huge barrel shaped goon with a tiny head hoists a large safe on the arch of his back. The combination has been lost. He puts it down as he tries to organize the …
McCarren Park Festival
A festival takes place today in honor of a giant pool. Old men sit on benches uninvolved. There is a memory room with pictures. A parade goes by the window. Ghosts set foot down somewhere. All memories are crafted by chances ghosts make. Ghosts make us remember moments. BD and I walked around the park …
Surfacing
Grandfather lies in a dreaming state while shadows enter the hospital room and shake him awake. He sees his sons as small children. He will not eat. He speaks in his sleep to ghosts and drops his thin jaw. He is tethered down for his own good. At night they sometimes chain his feet to …