Did I call him? Why no. I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. Wounded weak Warren. If you ask me, he always used me for a crutch. Never able to woo, poor Warren. I had to do it all in our brief courtship—pay for the pants, iron them, wear them. And often I slept in them—barren Warren. Woe, woeful Warren. A child. Meek in tone. Never quite pronounced the “in” in independent.
How did I do it? Well, by text message of course!
M- is across from me in the Hall and I want to tell her, need to tell her every emotion I felt the night before last when we sat in her room, my room, Turf’s tavern, King’s pub, her drink, my drink, her beer, her perfume, mmm her perfume had to have been made in Tuscany where I once studied when I was twenty, when I once had a love like ours, mmm like her love, like her touch, her (first) touch turned my life of grey predictability into golden spontaneity with each caress, each gliding finger on my skin, now her skin, mmm her skin undisturbed like a fresh layer of now fallen on a February morning outside her parents’ house where the wood is light, beige, tawny, dark, dark like the Hall we are now sat.
life:
It was fifty years ago today that Bob Dylan had his first recording session at Columbia Records. Dylan was backup harmonica for folk singer Caroline Hester — It was shortly after that Dylan was offered his own deal with Columbia.
see more — Bob Dylan: The Early Days
“Ballad of Julian & Joy, or Embrace the Bolshoi”
revival of pairing in spirited dance,
heirs to tradition,
Julian and Joy
appeared on the Bolshoi stage
both culture shock and rewards profound.
there has been hand holding.
Personal Poetic Bliss: A recipe
2 parts Sharpie, 1 day old (hopefully read) newspaper/magazine, 1 cup imagination, 1 tbsp creativity, and a dash of artistry.
Cook for 10-15 minutes… Let it simmer for 5 minutes… Revise and edit for another 5 minutes… Then let it cool for all to read.
“I tried my first newspaper blackout this morning.” - @walkyourcamera
ckck:
Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo walking along Jones Street, New York City in February, 1963. A few months later this photo would be used as the album cover for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (as you surely know).
Photograph by Don Hunstein.
I’ve been in this Blackwell Bookshop… Just down the street from Exeter.
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