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My Invisible Buddy Jesus of Nazareth He was a great Listener and very, Very forgiving. I really felt I could Open up To him Wait Him.

Dotty #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social

The CBS Evening News w/Walter Cronkite After the body count would come the President lying about how well we were doing, then he’d have his Defense Secretary come out and Lie about how well we were doing And then Morley Safer would Come on And get real.

And feel the dull unintermitted pain.

Napoleon at Acre

The Tin Man Remember that part in the Wizard of Oz When their vision quest is over And they gather around Dorothy because Now she finally gets to go home and The Tin Man goes “Now I know I have a heart because it’s broken?” Yeah. That one.

Sneezes #manholecovermonda @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social

HAPPY BANDCAMP FRIDAY! Check out my "Vanderwater Variations" produced by Alt-Country's Brian Smith. jjtindall.bandcamp.com/album/vander...

The Mongoose and the Python I am a mongoose and a poem is a python. I listen for slither in my sleep.

Pindaric Ode to Pete Kastanes, Chicago Historian It was the restaurant menus From your favorite old haunts You’d share that truly blew My mind. It never occurred to me How powerfully such Life details Make a memory. And a life! In your work, you will Never really vanish.

By Wright's #2: Nathan G. Moore House, 1895/1923 #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jgieger.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social

Early still snuck out from tonight’s WH correspondents dinner-

"Vanderwater Variations: Poems Set To Music," my Digital Album produced by Alt-Country's Brian Smith @imleor.bsky.social jjtindall.bandcamp.com/album/vander...

I don’t always get it but Leor does. What the fuss is all about. Alt-country progenitors Souled American drop their first album in 30 years chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

I don’t always get it, but Leor does & concisely gets to the heart of what the fuss is all about.🙏

Ranch youtube.com/shorts/Ysagm...

By Wright's #1: Heurtley House, 1902 #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social

The clock sings I count the hours mechanically Seven o’clock; twelve o’clock It’s all the same I am not here It is the mark of flesh That I left behind when I departed So as to know my place Upon my return.

Hippogriff

Now playing at the Chicago Grindhouse: "Hippogriff" youtube.com/shorts/veG4H...

We want it all New design collab with @harebrained.bsky.social

The Ugly American, Part 2

The Ugly American, Part 1

Fenced In #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social

@farsouthproject.bsky.social - Ginsberg Blake and Mysticism (lectures on The Four Zoas) continue this week allenginsberg.org/2026/04/ma-13/

... and speaking of artists with unique visions, here's a lovely Robert Loerzel piece in the Trib on the Marx Brothers' Chicago origins. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/12/m...

SEE THIS NOW... youtu.be/btkayUgm5k0?...

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Thrilled to have my poem "Wilt" in the latest issue of the @newohioreview.bsky.social! newohioreview.org/2026/02/15/w...

The Colored Moon He's not really white after all! They must be again crestfallen...

To the Waterways! #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social

The Last Book Lover

It's like watching Frank Sinatra Jr. trying to play Don Corleone.

"Mission Accomplished!" Come on, man, just say it. SAY IT! In 4...3...2...

Two Weeks! The recurring "about two weeks" riff he pulls out every single time. It's recognizable, quantifiable bullshit. Jesus! He got talked into breaking everything & now he's gonna walk away. But the oil prices? I'll be seeing you soon: "Hi! Thanks for coming to WalMart!"...

More on Spoon River Anthology: the creator of the first "audio log" video game, the now-common genre where you find recordings of the voices of dead characters, credits SRA with inspiring the form.

@billymills.bsky.social - Centennial Celebrations - allenginsberg.org/2026/03/t-31/

Clow Water #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social

I'm nostalgic, I guess, for a time when you'd actually bring the 82nd Airborne home when you won a war. I guess I'm funny that way.

The Thing Is

Look, "they gave us a present but I'm not gonna tell you what it is" is downright Jon Lovitz Liar Man. "Yeah, that's the ticket!"

"Sphinx of Procopius," the new a Cinepoem running 24/7 at the Chicago Grindhouse: youtube.com/shorts/GxTDO...

My Man J.B. (Clow), Oak Park #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social

"They weren't supposed to do that!" "The enemy has very deceitfully..." Echoes.

I have seen the flying squirrels of Uptown! Here's a 50% speed video of them in action tonight.

Lawrence at Versailles

Sphinx of Procopius

PEN America is relieved to hear that jailed poet and translator Ali Asadollahi was temporarily released on bail in Iran on Monday after nearly two months in detention. We remain worried about possible legal proceedings against Asadollahi.