I’ll See You Out There

Tom Penny, 1996

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© T.M. Fletcher

Henry Rollins watching Minor Threat

Coney Island, 1978

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Palermo, Italy. 1971

Blue Fog/Tristesse County.

Midwest America, September 2020, the year the world burned (pt. 2)

Since the last time we spoke I’ve learned quite a lot The people I thought would reach out Turns out they would not On the anniversaries of the worst kind of days My phone was mostly silent One excuse was “giving space” It’s not like I wrote some lyrics Detailing the exact events Some profit off the album Most I just consider friends But that’s the way it goes I’ve healed more than suffered I found the patience for jazz, I still love the Coen brothers I’ve lost more family members Not to cancer but the GOP What’s the difference I’m not for certain They all end up dead to me So here’s the record closer I’m still working out its intent I’m not sure what I’m after But it couldn’t go left unsaid I’m still out in the rain I could use a little shelter - now and then

Cherry 🍒

Indigenous women dance along the perimeter of the Gourd Dance during the 2012 NCI New Year’s Eve Gourd Dance in Gallup, New Mexico.

I have become comfortably numb. 

— a wish