Anodyne
Monday, November 28, 2005
 
Out for a coffee in the windy night. The scent of snow in the air; gusts creaking the block's bare trees. Leaves scuttling along at curbside. Twigs, knocked down by the most vigorous blasts, now litter the sidewalk in front of the store.

A skim milk latte, less than 100 calories.

My inbox dinging with Biblio sales, twice since I sat down to key this in.

My newly-silenced computer, its noisy, getting-ready-to-pack-things-up-and-die CPU fan deep-sixed by a jeweller's screwdriver and a squeeze bottle of household 3-in-1 oil.

Mr. Shark, Mr. Tiger, Mr. Rat, Mr. Totoro, Big & Little Maneki Neko and Folk Art Frog all smiling down from on top of the monitor.

Ding! Biblio #3!

(Shuffle play: Yesterdays New Quintet, Sound Directions; Broken Social Scene, "Swimmers" (on high repeat for its catchy bassline, not for its insipid lyrics); Duke Ellington Meets John Coltrane; Wes Montgomery on Verve)
- posted by cjb @ 9:51 PM


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