light bulb

Posted 17th Apr '12 1 comment Posted In The Vault
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A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period.

~ Emily Dickinson

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Reflection of Cheers

Posted 17th Apr '12 Posted In The Vault

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Third Avenue, BX

Posted 27th Mar '12 3 comments Posted In The Vault
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Some days I work part time in the South Bronx.

It is one of the most dilapidated parts of Bronx, a borough of New York City.

Most people don’t know that New York City is comprised of five boroughs and that Harlem is in Manhattan and quite expensive.

“The hub” is the retail heart of the South Bronx, located where four roads converge: East 149th Street, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenue. In the 1930s the Hub had movie palaces and vaudeville theaters and a few decades after it became a national symbol of urban decay.

 

I have witnessed some extreme poverty in my life given my travels and work ... read more »

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Bird Love

Posted 27th Feb '12 1 comment Posted In random, The Vault
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a few weeks ago near my work…i came across so many birds all at once…if i didn’t know any better, i would have believed i was indeed some tree…

 

“Bird” by Pablo Neruda

It was passed from one bird to another, the whole gift of the day. The day went from flute to flute, went dressed in vegetation, in flights which opened a tunnel through the wind would pass to where birds were breaking open the dense blue air - and there, night came in.

When I returned from so many journeys, I stayed suspended and green between sun and geography - I saw how wings worked, ... read more »

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even angels have shadows

Posted 11th Jan '12 Posted In The Vault
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on my way to work this morning…

you see something every day

and you see it again as if for the first time.

usually happens when there is nothing new to see. or so you have yourself convincedthinking.

still don’t know how to post from my new iphone…but doesn’t matter…taking this Vault to my own website very very soon anyway…

~a.q.s.

 

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