Longmont Colorado in the xerox light of
the suburbs. Bandmates are in Denver, the urbs. I'm here for sleep,
baseball, and laundry with old family friends. The mountains are in
the field. Boston wins World Series in game 5. Home runs. Are
sunflower seeds just a chewing tobacco substitute or is there some
bird-nutrition-electrolyte-quotient they are trying to fulfill in the
dugout.
Phil tells me about going to school
with the cousin of Boston mobster Raymond Patriarca. Junkies in the 70's needed $400 per day to sustain the habit equals a life of crime. Today that would be around $2600 per day. Whitey Bulger dies tomorrow. Tony was incarcerated at Walpole
during the riots when the inmates took over the prison. He said that
out of all the guards there was only five out of the whole staff who
treated the inmates like people rather than tortured animals. Two of those
guards were on duty during the riots. Those same two guards were
found locked in closets after all the dead bodies were cleared out by
the army the next day.
Prison code.
Tony actually saw one of the honorable guards being dragged and locked into the closet by a rampaging
inmate, right after stabbing one of the despicable guards in the
neck.
Prison code.
Eating Pizza Hut and gelato, Phil
reminded me of the saying by Ramana Maharishi. The saint, when asked
how should we treat others replied, “there are no others.”
Yesterday we had coffee in Boulder and talked about our fathers and being
fathers. I had a bagel with only enough cream cheese for ¾ of a
bagel. Two cups of coffee. Second cup from Ethiopia.
Went to eat Mexican on the roof but the
roof was closed for the season. I was excited about combining danger
and leisure. Niche market. Stopped by the Boulder Drum Shop while
Gail meditated in the parking lot. Fell in the love with the AA Meinl
Sand Sizzle Cymbal. Put in my future harvest heart locket.
Back "home." Phil's nephew Joey is also living there. For two days and nights, I did not see him once. We joked about him being imaginary. Today Gail
was Darth Vader. Happy All Hallows' Eve Eve. Lion's Lair tonight.
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