128 before dinner so dinner is a tangerine. Maybe my sugar will get under control when I add the gipizide.

126 before lunch and all I had for breakfast was a tangerine.

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Blood sugar was 136 a few minutes ago.

I need something to live for.

All I want is to publish this last damned chapbook. Then I can fall apart completely.

Truly I lead a joyless existence now. kingjames.bible/Ecclesiastes...

Caffeine can spike blood sugar?!

Worried I might not get the diabetes under control enough.

119 blood sugar before breakfast but I slept till noon.

Cry Out No More Stop killing the dead, Cry out no more, do not cry out If you wish still to hear them, If you hope not to perish. Their whisper is imperceptible, They make no more noise Than the growth of grass, Happy where no man passes. —Giuseppe Ungaretti tr. Patrick Creagh #SmallPoemSunday

If you want something for spooky season, I recommend Factrix’s Scheintot. Few albums are creepier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXMy...

Support the artists you like now because tomorrow you might not be able to find them.

Things would be better if mom were still alive.

I have no clue what the hell I’m doing and I’m scared. I was having a hard enough time taking care of myself before diabetes. Everything is impossible.

Sent the chapbook to American Poetry Journal.

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Took a metformin and ate a green apple and tangerine. Didn’t check my blood sugar.

Can’t sleep.

I have to rawdog all this bullshit completely sober now. I’ve got nothing to take the edge off.

Anyone wanna buy my chapbook before I kick the bucket? Glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetes all in the span of a year. I’m in rough shape.

No more sodas or booze. I’m just loads of fucking fun now.

Georgia O'Keeffe : Vase of Flowers, 1903-06

45 is pretty old in poet years.

I have diabetes.

The family of Trey Reed is seeking an independent autopsy following the Delta State University student’s death on Monday, when his body was found hanging in a tree on campus.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Hollywood Kia’s Service Ctr opens at 7:30. Let’s see if I can get this window up.

3 years to write, 30 minutes to read, yours to own for $12. www.amazon.com/Meridian-Ray...

Took a melatonin.

Submission has been at One from Jacar Press for three months. Maybe I have a short at it.

Still awake, might as well get dinner.

I can’t even get someone to hold a garbage bag in place over an open car window while I tape it down. Is it any wonder I don’t have an emergency contact?

My brain’s mush, been up since yesterday.

Vikram Seth #SmallPoemSunday

Car window’s stuck down.

Jane Hirshfield

Can’t sleep but what else is new?

Dad died at 51, mom at 76. The rate I’m going, I’m leaning more toward the former.

You want revenge on your school? Start a band. You got a lot of negative energy? Make an Industrial record. Sublimate, people.

Fuck the press / Fuck the progress / Fuck the press / Fuck the company / Fuck the company / Their only friend is money www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Hs...

Not having a good day. Not having a good day at all.