November 11, 2026
Brother, o brother… leaving today. Gotta be at LAX promptly at four, and off to Mexico he’ll be. Back home to Chipilo.
Oh, brother, it would be nice to just say bye-bye, L.A.… at least for a month. Then come back, save some money, and off to another destination… for a month or so.
I graduated from CSULB in 2022 as an illustrator. Am I that… no… but why not?
I couldn’t figure out what type of illustrator I was. I was trying to figure out what box I fit in, all neat… like a nice pair of socks in a drawer.
It’d be fun to build up a clientele that would let me see the world and work as my own version of an artist.
My brother’s getting ready to leave, and I’m sitting here watching the documentary about Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. I start imagining what it’d be like to wake up before the sun comes out. Maybe I’m in Cancún. I feel the cool air, a little humidity… a cup of coffee and nothing else.
Eventually I’d sit and watch a bit of a film. Then write… write by hand whatever thoughts I had that day, till I finished my coffee. I’d draw something. Anything to get myself going. Then I’d check my emails and get back to whatever project I was working on.
I’d sit outside in the yard, legs crossed, feeling a bit of dirt. I’d remember being a boy, long ago… and so on.
I’d like to believe I’d no longer be alone.
A family upstairs asleep.
To sit alone no longer… it’d be nice.
Enjoy your cup of coffee. ☕
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