Sunday, December 10, 2023
A SalvagePunk Manifesto
Monday, December 4, 2023
"Jennifer Walencek (at the old Polish Deli)"
"At the Polish deli"
They don't quite know what to make of her
at the old Polish deli?
At age thirteen, it was black, gloss nail polish?
and punk rock records by the Clash
At fourteen, steel toed boots and her first
boyfriend, the Jewish kid from Wilmette.
Mostly, she ignored them when they shook
their heads, smiled and wondered
"Ain't that Bill Walencek's youngest girl?"
"What happened? What happened?"
At fifteen, she stopped going to church
then she tried a few different ones.
Finally, sixteen, her first year at Brandeis
she came home speaking six different languages
She can't buy beer yet, but now she doesn't
mind running errands for her Papa anymore.
"Passed On"
"Passed On"
The gardener found her floating in the indoor pool
dressed in her ballroom gown at the house in Hinsdale, Illinois.
The cops ruled it suicide by overdose
empty pill bottles in the hallway
and a trail of brown rose petals
leading to what she called the "lanai."
Her cousin found her oncologist's email
on her laptop
sitting on the credenza, saying
the cancer had come back.
What do you say? What do you say?
She's passed on. She's passed on.
lol
Setting Up.
a evolving city
Life, letting go, renewal care, attention. These are what we can build. Situationism. Meaning. Truth. Democracy for the least favored?
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"Passed On" The gardener found her floating in the indoor pool dressed in her ballroom gown at the house in Hinsdale, ...
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"At the Polish deli" They don't quite know what to make of her at the old Polish deli? At age thirteen, it w...
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Life, letting go, renewal care, attention. These are what we can build. Situationism. Meaning. Truth. Democracy for the least favored?