new reefer

plywood foot paths around
the freezer truck
lauren and miles trailer

stained with mud
make a right every house
gutted sitting abandoned

i flicked the joint in the grass
and in the morning can't find it

not a big deal but i still have
a few more days here

please leave the key

grandpa rarely cooked for my brother and i
though i remember the many times grandma
said grandpa was a better cook than her

grandma only never cooks unless
a different obligation restricts her from cooking
at least once grandpa cooked in her stead

he cooked elbow pasta
with salt and butter with some parmesan cheese
it was good and maybe even better

since he let us have a little more butter
but what i saw happen to him before
he boiled the water

i never saw happen when grandma cooked
he pulled down a box of the elbow pasta
from the cabinet and found tiny worms

crawling in the edges of the box
and cooked only half the pound

melanoma

Rocky thought the singer at the service was terrible and that you could hardly hear the words. The funeral seemed less sad because grandpa had Alzheimer's for so long.

Every time I went to the bar for wine Benny said something about me having GPS for wine.

Cousin Al timed the Cloud City scene in Empire because the website stream was buffering, he said. 

Grandma doesn't like or is not interested in the excitement of football. She also thinks women should not report on sporting events because they don't know what they are talking about.

march 2016

biked home. showered. drank fiber mix. read about historical landmarks in bushwick. meserole st and near english kills properties. colored school on union. took melatonin before shower. woke up to sound of skateboarders on ramp to rail downstairs. dinging the rail. skateboard deck bouncing off the sidewalk. wheels rolling up the run-up, uphill, to launch off the ramp. put on pants and fleece and black hat to buy bagel from bagel brothers. also yellow vitamin water. never went back to sleep. group text w/ mike, ben, isaac. mike changed number and ben at nova / ND second round ncaa men's bball tourney at barclays. watched king of the hill via playlist. watched crackle, Sunset Park. had a headache. read some of Desert Solitaire while in bed. Abbey critiques the national parks system. provides his own automobile-less vision for parks. Friended Ranger vanLear on FB. talked to Chris on FB chat. Overheard old roommate moving out and new roommate helping him move in. when new roommate left I went out to make a salad. made salad and then went downstairs to buy coffee at 7:45pm before Cup closed at 8pm. awarded a free scone. watched Maryland / Hawai'i and some other game. Hot shower, listened to Amy Winehouse. Practiced Battle Hymn on banjo. Saw a scooter on the subway platform. Lightly snowing when I left for work. Listened to Untitled Unmastered on subway. Transferred at 14th to N train, Northbound. Walked against traffic of Knick fans, just getting out of the game. Talked to Andrew on Gchat at work. Went to pizza Suprema. a girl in front of me at the counter had rolling luggage. Xavier lost.