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[Released] Groids: A History of Miami's Subculture...

podgnosticast ·

2024/12/18

This was a concept for a book, but as with all things that emerged back then at the close of the analogue world -- stillborn.ForwardThe country was relatively quiet. The U.S.S.R. had fallen, and "The Bear" behind Castro had made the 90-mile buffer between Key West and Cuba an occasion for sentimentality. It was a time when the preoccupation was for the best cafesito amidst the thriving Cuban population in Miami rather than a concerted effort to redress their flight to the U.S. as refugees. To be

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[Poem] Morning Star

podgnosticast ·

2024/11/01

So He said, "I am The Light;"And so, the was The Darknes,As opposed to what it had been:The AllFor an unbounded eternity.Suddenly, He gazed into The Darkness,Transfixed — enchanted, untilHe, himself, is in it.All full of desire;Lost in the daydreams of expectations;Amidst those for whom it has never occurred:This, right here, is enough;Even, notwithstanding,The Darkness.Go play in the dirt,And be comforted,that The Light shines for all!(Except for those who prefer to liveIn The Shadows),Like the

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[Poem] Torchie

podgnosticast ·

2024/06/22

It could be unbounded; un-complex,Honest and close,open,all of which is unusual for me.I forsee an uninterrupted horizon,sublime connection,easy kindness and caring … fulfilling,all of which I could get used to… at last.I confess:I am love-bombing;But, since you are the balm,It'll likely unfold like an eternal flame.Or, at the very least,Like the unknown soldierwho, despite it all,made an indelible mark on the fabric of the cosmos;or,As with any flower— an alive thing,Which when nourished by good

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Untitled, Aug. 10, 2022

podgnosticast ·

2024/06/20

Her eyes glower at me, trying to contort into condemnation:"How dare you take the chicken-wings away, JC!""We finished them.""To the bone!?!""Grissel and all," I say, nudging the half-filled glass of white wine at her while trying to re-spark the spliff in my lips.Etc., etcetera:And, yes! for sure! I'd forsake tobacco for a solid chance at kissing her for hours on-end. What fool wouldn't.But, her glowering at me, flush with the reckless abandon at the sports bar, so … so chere; chère …

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[Fiction] #BandName

podgnosticast ·

2024/05/29

"#TwilightChildren or #TwilightofTheChildren? ... Band Name … with the hashtag and everything,” she said. “#TwilightChildren … Esquire!"She was on a roll tonight, picking up handfuls of sand. It was past two in the morning. The sand spilled out of her long, delicate fingers partly on to my face."I like it.” I said with forced enthusiasm. “How about: ‘#ChickenOfTheSea’ — with the hashtag like you said?"She looked at me with that scorn I had never managed to get used to or be able to brush off.I began

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A Nirvana Song

podgnosticast ·

2024/01/11

I’ve never, legitimately, owned a firearm. I was never legally wedded, though I lived with her seventeen years and had a daughter with her … pets, plants, all kinds of pets. We were all pets about the place, I suppose. I didn't mind cleaning all their shit, though it was a thankless job and didn't pay any ... not even kindness or good-will.I didn’t get any degrees or certifications beyond a high school diploma. Never, legitimately, bought a car or a home though the record might show I had gotten a

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a.k.a. "Porchlight Red"

podgnosticast ·

2024/01/04

The Apple of Discordby JC Martinez-SifreYou gave me this glass orb long ago, Lee, while you were still in highschool — a birthday gift (see attached picture). I suppose it was originally meant to serve as a paperweight. I think you gave it to me when Nathan and I were starting to rub each other the wrong way — the period leading up to my moving out of the Biscayne Park apartment.The birthday you gave this orb to me may have been in the same year our band, The King's English, played its three or four

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Screen Capture of Andy's Chest

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2024/01/01

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Confession

podgnosticast ·

2023/12/13

the only thing that'd could've made today any better, is to have been here and now (dusk), listening to R&B and Jazz on the Bluetooth, slipping into peaceful sleep, worming our way into our tightest embrace -- like slimey snails; the fragrance from her neck: dry sweat and yesterday's cologne__it would have been better, otherwise, totally entangled -- body, mind and soul (for a brief moment) with one whom I adored.yeah ... that'dve been nice. Alas ...

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[Flash Non-Fiction] Onomatopoeia

podgnosticast ·

2023/11/21

In my first manic episode, 18-years-old, I had been restrained to a bed in leather cuffs -- hands and feet (standard protocol for psychiatric units at the time -- early 90's); and, while chewing at on the leather restraints, I was pondering what, if anything, was funny about that joke: "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side."In the midst of reflecting on Fatherhood, the concept, and which came first -- the chicken or the egg, the paradox, and things like that, my dad walked

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Bob White Special, October 13, 2000

podgnosticast ·

2023/10/23

When Bob White smiled, it was deep and inviting. It stretched across his face, quick to appear, but reserved. His grin would start and slowly spread over his face like an avalanche until a mouthful of missing teeth was showing. He’d suddenly recoil from it, as if scared to have allowed it to show, only to reconsider -- chapping his lips; trying to hold it in, staring into you before his mercy for you overcame him and he burst back into laughter. He groaned along with it, as if he’d heard you tell

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[Repost] Group Therapy

podgnosticast ·

2023/09/17

Originally drafted and posted to a prior blog on Aug. 15, 2008.I am not them - not by a long shot. I am not a group of shattere middle-aged men, sitting with chairs arranged into a circle. We're in a barren conference room of a Catholic hospital, and the crew with their admixture of attitudes and disposition to this congregation talk openly about their "great redefinition." That is, they defined themselves as having a problem that was beyond their controll, and only an act of divine mercy could

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ocean park, pr

podgnosticast ·

2023/08/30

Those mild waves lapping up that you'd been trying "body surf" with lackluster success then grabs you and takes you in its undertow, tumbling you over and over; and, it seems like forever ... undrowned and rising out of it, the salt-water mixes with the mucus, noatrils still stinging respiration still settling back into a rhythm. Building sandcastles didn't really matter anymore. Top of the nose and back already charred. Hurt. Would hurt, a lot.Then, getting hosed down before being let back in

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[SMS left unsent] Untitled

podgnosticast ·

2023/02/10

I had a very vivid dream just before I met you (not kidding; for real) -- one of those kinds of dreams that still unfolds though you've started going about your business for the day; and, I was very much in love in a jacuzzi with someone while mother-of-my child comfortably (and, approvingly) toiled away, unconcerned, on her laptop in the other room.I remember being fretful, towards the end of all the bliss, that I'd might scare you off being so goddamned, irredeemable intense *at you* ... with so

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[poem] Raemundo

podgnosticast ·

2022/03/26

For Raymond, whome I met at Carl Schurtz Park, Yorkville, NYC on Friday, July 8, 2022 and who I hope to be face-to-face with again. Safe travels, sojourner & wayfarer. You will be in my thoughts and prayers until eternity ends.Minor edits, Carl Shurtz Park, Sept. 27, 2022 and Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn Sept. 16, 2023You seemed like the sort,I'd've like to have met,In St. Thomas where we both had,Respectively,Moored.You … with those you traveled with andendured;And, me with mine.Admiring

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[Poem] Batata mornings

podgnosticast ·

2022/01/02

I lived for the Batata mornings Breakfast in bed The eggs scrambled into the buttery Malawach bread, The other one -- the one filled with Nutella for after the Coconut waffle and for after the fries … for after the first feature; and, for after some work done for the boss -- nakedly; Or, later (or, after that) After your unraveling a rendering of your weeks’ yield of the drama the trauma By this time; my head was on your thigh warmed by both your legs and your laptop, petting the dogs

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[Missive] One for the Angels

podgnosticast ·

2021/12/21

Recollections of Charlotte, NC circa 1999 — in the wake of Mardi Gras.Minor edits gramatical , 7/25/16; Mortimer’s Cafe & Pub at The Epicenter; downtown, Charlotte, NC, and also just prior to postingIGeorge, I don’t have to tell you in this letter that Mardi Gras was a mess. It was unfortunate that our accommodations for Mardi Gras with you and your gang dried up. No apologies are necessary, brother. Instead, I’m the one who must apologize to you. Our intricate plans to spend your one and only

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[Non-Fiction] The Bones-Butter Rhythm Section

podgnosticast ·

2021/10/10

It's strange that I wouldn't even remember his name anymore. We were good buddies, after all. I remember him as this wiry, meek looking little guy with a boyish enthusiasm and an immense talent for drumming and music. He was at once down to Earth and totally eccentric. He was a responsible man — a married man — a homeowner, but he had not lost the disposition to entertain me with a sort of refined version of show-and-tell when I would come over to his house.He had majored in music while in college,

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[Caption] Playero Daze

podgnosticast ·

2021/03/21

Every so often, when something or another is going#retrograde, I find myself ruminating about my parents' death and getting all tearful about it -- same as I did when I was a little kid in onzie PJs.#JobberHats#PlayeroDaze#CondadoPR—atRockefeller Center (Plaza).

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[Repost] Ashley and Joe's Baby Shower, Sat. 6-24-2017...

podgnosticast ·

2021/03/11

Ashley and Joe,Congratulations on your forthcoming blessing! Thankfully, Auntie Tiffiny, had the wherewithal (and the unquestionable authority) to include us in this celebration of your union into one. She did so with the brilliant suggestion that we submit a word or two about things we might have learned thus far in this journey of parenting.Before I go into my less-than-comprehensive list, I can testify that Tiffiny's baby showers are legendary. She organized and emceed ours, and it remains one of

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