guy behind me in line at the grocery store looks like andy warhol and asks me why the great pyramid of carrots in produce. who eats them all he wonders. why that many? i never see them take any away and yet they stay so fresh. i can only shrug about superiority.

watched a documentary program about ronald reagan last night then this morning the radio alarm says in a russian voice- about the ukraine accused of stealing russia’s gas i reckon/slept through- “this is a wake up call” and all resistance to 6 a.m. moot with reminders of “strategic buildups” and my cold war kid years.