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Welcome To the Moment

Posted on April 17, 2013 by xaviertrevino

All I’ve got is right now and it will be over in a second. When I was a child, I never worried about what was going to happen next. At least, that’s the way I remember it. I think I … Continue reading →

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Sitting Here In Limbo

Posted on April 15, 2013 by xaviertrevino

A little over two weeks ago I was suspended from my job as a handyman on the Upper West side. The building super, my immediate supervisor told me he was unsatisfied with my work performance, and sent me home. “You have to … Continue reading →

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Growing Problem

Posted on April 12, 2013 by xaviertrevino

Ten years ago, when I turned forty-eight, I went to see a urologist in order to get a prescription for Viagra. I had just started dating a woman, the second one after my divorce in 2000, and I realized that sex had … Continue reading →

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Scatty Catty

Posted on April 7, 2013 by xaviertrevino

The cat sniffed the edge of the pooper-scooper with the delicacy of a sommelier, and satisfied, made the cat-grimace cats make when they smell something pleasurable. The first time I ever saw that was when a friends cat spent some … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes

Posted on April 4, 2013 by xaviertrevino

My wife wrote a play, a one woman autobiographical show she was going to call TOMATOES, but ended up calling it WONDERBREAD instead. It was a fun show. She was going to call it Tomatoes because as a child her … Continue reading →

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I bought a book today part II

Posted on February 26, 2013 by xaviertrevino

The book I bought today was Frederick Exley’s A Fan’s Notes. $16 plus tax at Barns and Noble on 17th Street. I read this book before, when I was in college. That copy I found someplace, probably in the Pratt Dorm’s laundry … Continue reading →

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I bought a book today

Posted on February 26, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I bought a book today, and better yet I started to read it. Since I write, I try to avoid reading books because I’m like a sponge and I start writing like whomever it is I’m currently reading. I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Pens

Posted on February 18, 2013 by xaviertrevino

On the subway on the way to see a play today with my lovely wife Danusia I realized I had no pen to do my crossword puzzle with. I usually have at least one pen in each coat or jacket I … Continue reading →

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Not just another food post

Posted on February 6, 2013 by xaviertrevino

My wife is on a cleanse. She’s done this before, so I know to expect the sound of her Belleville juicer going more than usual. For dinner tonight, she made a salad for us to share, romaine lettuce, shredded red cabbage, … Continue reading →

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This I believe

Posted on January 31, 2013 by xaviertrevino

The first and formost thing I believe is that the world and everyone in it owes me nothing. The converse is true, I don’t owe you anything either. Of course, I’m sure there are a few in the world who probably … Continue reading →

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