(1) Running. Uphill. (2) Anthony’s TVP. (3) Mandarin oranges. (4) The part where S– goes, “I lost the booklet for your Wilco CD. Sorry for the inconvenience! I love that word. Inconvenience.” Quite the clever clogs, he is. (5) Freshly stubbled head and beard, clean-shaven neck. (6) Sunny Saturday in the 70s. Also: cirrus clouds. (7) Alliteration. (8) Ted Chiang. (9) Tahini. (10) Avocado toast. Still. (11) A. Lincoln, still. (12) Astral Weeks, still. (13) Life reviews. (14) Lucille Clifton. (15) This new working title for an essay/assay: “On going out-of-print and other necessary ego deaths.” (16) Breathing through my nose. (17) People watching. Downtown BHM. Magic City Classic weekend. (18) Time-honored traditions. Plus pageantry. (19) Dignity. (20) Personal sovereignty. (21) Young people meeting the moment, engaging the world with #19 and #20 above. (22) VPI. (Not to be confused with TVP [see #2 above]). (23) Brackets. (24) Parentheses. (25) Also: colons — and em dashes. (26) Cool hats. (27) Exegesis. The word, the endeavor. (28) The steady hum and thrum of an (interstate) highway overhead. (29) Michael Martone. (30) Ben Gunsberg.
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