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"Close reading always struck me as the drums in a free jazz trio: they might be holding something essential together, or they might not be there at all — you can’t always tell, and that uncertainty is the whole problem with the drums."

"Carl Johnes was working at Columbia Pictures in New York when his boss asked him to go over to Joan Crawford's apartment. ...She knew she wanted to give away some of the books...but she didn't have a clear idea of which ones to keep. ...The Rod McKuen and Jacqueline Susann books struck him as expendable, but she snatched Susann's away from him saying, 'She's one of my dearest friends!' " —Scott Eyman, Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face (2025)

The Six Great Elements.

"learning new systems"

big moth crushed under thin rain
burning oil refinery
talking philosophy
with my pencil sharpener

talking philosophy
with my pencil sharpener
deft footstool softener
as effigies atrophy

deft footstool softener
as effigies atrophy
big moth crushed under thin rain
burning oil refinery

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.