2.25.2025

Sweet gods the wind blowing sideways parallel to the street. Gotta be 80 kph and it's visible and white like in cartoons. Snow on everything piles up everywhere past windowsills and covers top floor landings and some of these folks have been shoveling out cars for days like it's what they're paid to do.

Would bring the birds in if I could. Tough resilient little bastards. Taking refuge on the trellis pecking at frozen berries on the vine grouped together and nipping away at the frozen glaze on their feathers and the wind gusts from every side and they just wait it out and don't seem all that alarmed.

In times of distress some animals give up territorial disputes and cooperate for communal survival. They share resources. Squash their beefs. Good luck with that dorks.

If this was Chicago there would be gunfights over dibs. The whole ass dentist’s chair on my street in Logan Square was my favorite. Spoils go to the most obnoxious players. You can’t just set a plate in a shoveled out space and expect someone to notice or not run over it or steal it or throw it against the bricks.