No. No, it can’t end like this.
Not yet. There is more to tell.
Back when I was hanging from an
improvised noose in another botched attempt to release myself from this mortal
coil, it dawned on me that I couldn't leave just yet, I need to finish that
Burroughs book. So, along with the light hearted space opera, I have been
working unrelentlessly on BLEW THE SHOT, a harrowing tale of William S.
Burroughs account in Mexico City in the '50's resulting in the murder - yeah,
that was what it was - of his wife Joan Vollmer. So far, I really like the
outcome of the first two chapters...I even jumped the gun and designed a
cover...which I am certain will be altered upon publication...a ver.
Indeed...well, I assume I owe you an explanation…
The story so far...
Two months ago, I left Tijuana in bitterment and
contempt, jumped a jet, and flew to Tucson, Arizona. I had, over a period of
ten years – damn old age – acquired a case of acute calcium spurs in my left
foot which resulted in pain whenever I walked. My healthcare was still active
from when I signed up for it back in Yuma. I mired a month in the Primavera Men’s
Shelter before renting a room at the local transitional housing apartments. A
comfortable, clean apartment wherein my rent was only thirty percent of my monthly
income. Though inhabited by morons and whiny Americans (what is the deal with privileged
Americans, no matter how far down on the social ladder they still find time to
bitch when receiving free shit?), I used said Healthcare and made a date free and
gratis to have this operation to correct my malady.
During this time, I began penning
two new novels (I tell you, escaping death really sparks the creative juices)
biding my time while I heal from the footwork.
So, Dear Reader, bear with me. My
time in Tucson will not be permanent. I have already set in motion that before
old age sinks it's talons in me and flung into some retirement home with my withering
buttocks slung across a cold uncaring bench, I wish to circumnavigate the
world, see it’s wonders and then perhaps afterwards settle down in retirement.
However, I will be using this
blog in the meantime to hone my writing skills, vomiting out whatever prose
passes through my careening mind.
Hope you enjoy the ride and, oh
yeah…
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