duenorth
city contains more
than i can ask for, yet,
it lacks what's needed
to keep soul afloat.
mystic healing retreat;
faux redemption
under nourishment
from nameless stream.
i plead with the essence
to allow me to recede
from hazy fixations
decorating the mundane.
can't tell if the structure
is natural, or exists
on a predicate: that we
remain in darkness,
deceived by faintest
sliver of light.
we'd be strung up if they knew
of unhatched plots
born from dereliction.
can we blame them
for being so obscene,
when so many
clamor to be free?
talons sink deeper
when the nest is threatened.
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Brighton Beach, 1941. Nathan Hoffman. Oil on artist board.
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Me to a 14 year old patient: oh are you reading Twilight?
Pt: yeah
Me: oh I read those books a million years ago
Pt: really?
Me: yeah i read them before the first movie came out
Pt: I wasn't even alive when that came out
Me: 👴🙃
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All in ... almost
I've done a study of this: Every February, the first person I see stick more than a toe into the Atlantic Ocean is invariably a child.
I guess it takes the fearlessness of youth - that reckless sense of adventure - to coax a person off the warm sand, into the chilly brine.
Take my word for it - Monday was not a water day. The air temperature was around 50 degrees as we walked the beach late Sunday morning.
It must have been the sunshine that gave this girl the final dose of courage she needed to do what the adult members of her family would not.
And notice how shy she is about her accomplishment ...
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"In the crowded auditoriums they preached and screamed about obscenity in magazines, but on secluded beaches and mirrored bedrooms they enjoyed their sex in about every imaginable way – trading and swapping at will..."
Youth Against Obscenity by Rex Nevins
Saber Books SA-106, 1966
Cover by Bill Edwards
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Castle in the Sand. Source.
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John Albok, Hungarian, 1894–1982.Coney Island (couples kissing), 1930.
Vintage gelatin silver print
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This episode featured teen influencer Chetney, boy band Chetney, and 200 years younger beach life guard Chetney
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