Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: June 2010

Jacob Lawrence, "Struggle...From the History of the American People No. 19" (1956) — Jacob Lawrence, Struggle...From the History of the American People No. 19. Thousands of American citizens have been torn from their country and from everything dear to them: they have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation. —Madison, 1 June 1812 (1956)

Workbook: June, 2010

June 30, 2010: Through weeks of distance and drift I had no idea she was cheating.
June 29, 2010: Tension between left and right.
June 28, 2010: They were so volatile.
June 27, 2010: Cold night, stars, sleeping bags on the roof.
June 26, 2010: Flaming orange hair...
June 25, 2010: There's misunderstanding too...
June 24, 2010: Parallels with the young Adolf Hitler.
June 23, 2010: Don't know why I remained friends with that one, for so long.
June 22, 2010: Syncopated simultaneous paging:
June 21, 2010: The desert base you command is on high alert for UFO traffic.
June 20, 2010: Photo on the 'net, she looks so withered.
June 19, 2010: A schoolfellow named Richard sussed how to cheat the dryers.
June 18, 2010: We fought for the same reason I later fought with others: I wanted to read.
June 17, 2010: Erotic personality type.
June 16, 2010: Beer and ice cream kisses were the best.
June 15, 2010: We fought over sleep schedule.
June 14, 2010: Even in 1979 I was already trying to reach out to my mother.
June 13, 2010: I couldn't keep up.
June 12, 2010: Those journals are bitchy, and they're mean.
June 11, 2010: She frequently speaks of leaving.
June 10, 2010: Running away from home with your college sweetheart.
June 9, 2010: Thirty years recurring dream.
June 8, 2010: A loved one lobbies you to abandon your dreams.
June 7, 2010: There's an unmistakable dividing line.
June 6, 2010: Her fascination over my ex.
June 5, 2010: She visited in my little childhood apartment...
June 4, 2010: The notion that there ever was an adolescent Franz Kafka...
June 3, 2010: I never wanted to be one of the cool circle.
June 2, 2010: She was consistent in wanting more time.
June 1, 2010: She'd been sleeping with the school hippie...