AUTHOR.CALHO: If I didn't write it, I would be hitch hiking cross country to Maine and then Alaska in that order. While taking frequent breaks to spread leaflets. And sit in diners. And write on things because I wasn't at a computer. I may still do that in a few years. Writing this also helps me forget about and better understand the limitations of being human, and keeps me busy enough to allow me no free time to burn the world down.

THEMATIC.ABOUT : Collapse often. The things that hold people together and hold them apart and scatter brains. The things that make thoughts go boom. The things that ooh and aah and [expletive deleted]. Sometimes poking around the margins where responsibility ends and the only one to look to is the Original Equipment Manufacturer and say "but, I already pressed 9 for more options and the menus are exactly the same. Can you just replace it?" The answer will be: "please hold." Sometimes hanging out in dark corners. Sometimes following the train tracks. Looking for ways out and ways in and all the while sharing the things seen and heard and done and drawn and written and scorched and healed and teased and caged and dreamed along the way.

2/25/17

Dear (_____)

Dear fractions,

You are a weird bunch, but I was able to remember how to divide you to describe the ratio of materials I would need to adjust the size of my aluminum foundry to allow enough air to pass around the crucible and feed the coals adequately enough to produce a constant and predictable heat capable of melting my crushed cans into ingots without looking it up in the back of one of my composition notebooks.

Being able to give you a mental high five and a wink was pretty damn satisfying.  You guys are alright.

sincerely,

from the tool bench
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