: on the train, traveling while standing, listening to Middle Cyclone, mouthing the words; guy in mint coveralls, engineering patch, nodding out; read the Iliad and listen to Liz Phair; A. meets me at the station, hang outside of 7-11; a drink at O-Bar’s before karaoke, meet a man from Kenya, living in Sapporo, spinning records; Spotlight, 山崎ハコ, Single Ladies, Eternal Flame, Against All Odds, Clumsy; 星ポテ; back at O-Bar’s, the smoky dark, the boys on the microphone; tallsy rapping, a guy in a business suit, the lights come up; the bartender layered in LA tattoos, dark eye make-up, a baseball cap with patches and writing, wiry arms like nuts and bolts; ride to 7-11, the sun rises a dense band of orange against dark blue; another game of modeling before returning home.
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: brief seconds of happiness when waking up, the comfort of chilled air, the sound of leaves and cawing crows; 11:30; text message from across the planet; immediate reaction is emergency; try to return to sleep but focused on potential disasters and airplane tickets; pajamas, junk food, crisp and wet pear, The Sopranos; an afternoon shower, throat scratchy, deep and used; need to disengage from the internet; Mariee Sioux; Hope Sandoval and a new album soon; outside the apartment I wait for A.; a patch of nightsky dense with starlight; watch satellites travel like dim roaming stars; one brightens slowly, stronger than Venus; maybe a missile; then dims before disappearing behind clouds; perhaps Iridium-39; soup curry is more delicious now than ever; Project Runway, FlashForward, Fringe; go to bed earlier than usual.
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