The sidewalk moves backwards underneath me. I wish it’d slow down a bit.
As soon as I see that pepper tree again, the one with seasonal red pepper berries pulling the branches to my fingertips, I get ready to jump over the deep black hole. It’s a quick leap, just long enough to see little lights inside.
Digging my heels into the ground, I try to slow down the sidewalk. Leaping over the hole, I yell STOP. Above the hole, I can’t reach the sidewalk.
The hole moves up and I’m just floating inside everything. Bring me Lahaina, with Mark Twain, smoking a pipe. We’re talking about nothing.
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The sidewalk moves backwards underneath me. I wish it’d slow down a bit.
As soon as I see that pepper tree again, the one with seasonal red pepper berries pulling the branches to my fingertips, I get ready to jump over the deep black hole. It’s a quick leap, just long enough to see little lights inside.
Digging my heels into the ground, I try to slow down the sidewalk. Leaping over the hole, I yell STOP. Above the hole, I can’t reach the sidewalk.
The hole moves up and I’m just floating inside everything. Bring me Lahaina, with Mark Twain, smoking a pipe. We’re talking about nothing.
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WTF BorrowLucid Borrow, as in, ultimately we don’t get to take anything with us. Lucid, as in, let’s not sleepwalk. Reaching for a key, as in the keys to the kingdom and we can get our own damn key. WTF Chones Growing up, my family always said “chones,” which is Mexican slang for underwear. Good little Catholic girls don’t say panties. Since Chones, ecosystem weaving, does work for attention curation, then what’s better than to call it undies? WTF BorrowLucid Substack Inspired by Herb Caen, I...
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