Day 29: Philadelphia

UPDATE!
More from Philadelphia!
Philly Sound!

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On the way into this fair city, Major Jackson told me never to say “Philly.”
“It’s like saying ‘nawlins’ when you’re down South,” he said, “you just sound stupid, like a tourist.”
Taking his advice I will tell you about our trip into Philadelphia without once saying the word Philly except, of course, when [...]

 
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Day 28: Dia Beacon

UPDATE!
More Dia Beacon!
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I won’t die that way, on the train tracks terribly disappointed by life along the Hudson River, a bird I can’t identify gliding overhead.
A fat meat pouch with wings.
Only unfamiliar faces to peer into along this river this morning, after an afternoon reading in the Warhol gallery and a dinner at the Piggy [...]

Day 27: New York City (Dia Chelsea)

UPDATE!
More Chelsea!
The New York Sun!
Billy Blog!
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Let me tell you about a nightmare I’ve had:
I’m on a bus.
I’m on a bus full of poets and I have to help get this bus full of poets to a fancy shindig in New York City by a certain time, but this bus doesn’t fit right on the streets [...]

 
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