that the weather in Chicago was so beautiful, it gave me all the wrong ideas
side street
this is what a block is supposed to look like

the first time I visited California
I was furious that the highway medians were so pretty, tidy. this is what a highway median is supposed to look like.



taking the train
I had forgotten, this the perfect place for a foot
some of the places I lived as a child
Kedzie, Albany #2, Spaulding, Elmwood. missing Buckingham, Mozart, Albany #1, Logan Blvd




I know things

belated birthday


chicago

documentation that I’m not a light-packer

mosaic at Sally’s.
new project

my sentences come out backwards and I use the same word again and again, grammar stilted, and in speaking — it’s not just that I can’t find the words — I can’t find the idea.
it will be over soon. 4/14/17.
in the meantime, I’m taking photos to retroactively document. they are to accompany my next essay, atlas of my best-beloveds.
I’ve remembered
