Different Slants

Seeing the World from a New Angle

Eat Cheap, Sleep Cheap: Truck Stops & Diners

Filed under: Uncategorized — Bob at 8:01 am on Saturday, October 23, 2021

by Robert M. Katzman © October 20, 2021

 

I awake first

Dawn clicking on my brain

Gauze in my eyes

I see the brick-red sheet

Clamped across our windshields

Concealing us from 

Curious Truck Drivers’ eyes

But in reality

No one does that

Peeking is not cool

Some guys have switchblades

Coffee far more important

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Raph Pollock, Carbon Dioxide and His Unexpected Help in My Losing My Virginity

Filed under: Uncategorized — Bob at 11:27 am on Monday, October 18, 2021

by Robert M. Katzman © October 18, 2021

Perhaps I may have your attention. A Chicago Story.

What follows is an unwritten story because I didn’t know there was one to write about. But I was wrong. Ask my flame, Nancy who makes sure I know that. Here is the genesis of remembering the above words in my title and the remarkable sequence which follows:

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