I admit it. I used to watch Walker, Texas Ranger.
Author: johnbrandall
John Randall is a writer living in Missouri. His interests include camping, running, walking, cutting and burning wood, messing around with magnets, foraging, and listening to podcasts, many of them about baseball.
The Texas Eagle: Austin to St. Louis
12/18/03TRAIN [11:17] And we're off and rolling. More comfy and roomy than I imagined. If it stays like this, voila. The train was supposed to leave at 10:30, though. Some kids four seats up are making noise and coughing. An old man behind me is coaxing a lung forth from his esophagus. Everybody's coughing. Maybe … Continue reading The Texas Eagle: Austin to St. Louis
Work Poem
I was washing my hands
in the john
When someone came over
the bathroom speaker—
there was a brief pause...
before she spoke,
during which I thought:
Is the building going to blow right up?
In a fire? Or a terrorist's attack?
Anything to get out of work early—
surely they wouldn't
dock that from my pay.
8/3/2004
Coffee Don’t Give No Wings
I have this dream that if I onlydrink enough coffeesome switch in me will flicker to the on positionmy eyes will open, my tie will straighten—and maybe my allergies will go away—But coffee can't do thatit can't make time go faster than it's already goin'it can't turn morning into noon then afternoonI could drink cup … Continue reading Coffee Don’t Give No Wings
Girl With Copious Hair
"I hear you've got a new girlfriend." "I do." "Well who is she, what's she like?" "Oh, she's one of those people who has really long hair—like down to her butt. I mean, she's attractive...but all that hair. What are you supposed to do with it? I feel like she expects me to do something … Continue reading Girl With Copious Hair
Cable News
I like bread and butterI like toast and teathe only thingthat I really don't likeis the news on cable TV or the saucy version: I like coke w/ Captain'sI like coke w/ VThe only thingthat I really don't likeIs the news on cable TV
Pesticide
...the kind of person whoenjoys, in retrospect, things hedoes not enjoy while doing them ...who, in the present, enjoys doing thingshe knows he will, in retrospect, regret rather, who, in the presentenjoys doing things that,in retrospect, he knowshe will enjoy, as well who does things in the present because he knows he will enjoy them … Continue reading Pesticide
Driving
Rememberdriving thatnight? On, on.It wasit. Rain and tornup Oklahomahighway to showred Oklahomaclay. On and onit wasthrough Dallas-Ft. Worth.Getting late withthe BBC. Morning IHOPburrito w/ picanteMore rain, rainbowson and on. 8/13/2003
Just about two years Ago
Standing, leaning along curving stone wall out in Front of Law School. Had lunch: peppercorn turkey on whole wheat, Grey Poupon, American cheese single; gala apple from Washington; and a chocolate peanut butter Odwalla Bar. It's not cold out here, a bit cool maybe. My hands are dry and crackling around the knuckles. I am … Continue reading Just about two years Ago
Gareth
I am in the closet once again. Light comes in under the door. The doorknob, I fear, will be hot if I touch it. Simone and Lee are outside talking—they've been talking out there for a really long time. My work performance. Do they suspect anything? There's a telephone jack in here for some reason. … Continue reading Gareth
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