Paul was reading about starting to write. His book noted techniques for brainstorming such as “free association,” “word webs,” and “listing.” Paul took to listing nouns, adjectives, & other categories such as verbs, or relating to math, question:, kitchen, and time. Life became a laundry list of past happenings, things Paul was or that Paul had done.

Stenonotebooks filled during the morning bus ride, coffee breaks, slow work days, et cetera.

The materials were waiting to be assembled.

Paul was sink.

Paul was a drain collector.

Paul was setting.

Paul was a plant near the window.

Paul was forgetting details, such as empty alchol bottles or the bar-like atmosphere of the kitchen, because he was too young to notice the prescence of such things.

Paul was the weathered white aluminum storm door with a too tight spring that pulled the door

crashing shut.

Paul was glassware.

Paul was a napkin holder.

Paul was concerned with reading. Meaning: when words are posted they amass a chronological gravity. A book goes from front to back, top to bottom. A blog goes in reverse, so that the beginning becomes the ending, & the ending a beginning.

Details & personal timelines become skewed with an undefined reading order, because one could read from bottom to top, or, scrolling

top to bottom.

Paul was a picker & packer at a warehouse.

Paul was chairs pushes in round the table.

Paul was a sponge holder. It was a frog with it’s mouth open, as to accomidate the sponge.

Paul was how everything Aunt Lori cooked for him came from the toaster oven.

Paul was a pile of mail on the countertop corner.

Paul was a pot holder.

Paul was a calendar.

Paul was an electric oven.

Paul was the kitchen table. A reconditioned white enamel top. You could barely see the cigarette burn.

Paul was an unobtrisuve light.

Paul was cleaner under the sink.

Paul was resenting quotes around words such as “free association,” “word webs,” and “listing.”

Paul was an egg timer.

Paul was bent. Like the fork buried in the back of the drawer.

Paul was a ceramic collection of small Amish figurines.

Paul was lineolium.

Paul was in the kitchen. At least he was remebering the kitchen in Aunt Lori’s house.

Paul was a knife block.

Paul was a kettle.

Paul was a breadbox.

Paul was a bike ride away.