TUESDAY, 10/25/16 AT 1PM AT THE WEHO LAUNDROMAT...

ONCE AGAIN I'M TRANSCRIBING FROM THE WEST HOLLYWOOD LAUNDROMAT, AND YES, THE RUSE CONTINUES, ONLY WITH M ANY MORE PARTICIPATNS, SOME, THE MORE DEVIOUS OF THE SUBVERSIVES ARE MALE, YET NOT EXCLUSIVELY,

MY ATTENTION IS CAPTURED BY TWO WHITE GUYS, SPANDING A YOUNG 50-80 PLUS YEARS-  THEY ARE LOQUACIOUS. THEY APPEAR SOMEWHAT EUPHORIC.  I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT, I BELIEVE I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. 

THIS FEELING,  COULD BE A DISTORTED POINT OF VIEW, OR, IT COULD BE MY EGO,  BOTH COULD BE TRUE.

THEY'VE GOT STYLE AND THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS THROUGH THICK AND THIN I SUSPECT.  - AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE SCRIBES, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY FROM MOST NORMAL PEOPLE. 

THIS IS NOT A CROSS THAT WE MUST BEAR- IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE EXCEPTIONALLY MEAN  AND HEARTLESS, AT TIMES.  THAT DOES NOT COME EASILY FOR ME, SO I MUST PRACTISE LOTS.

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD WRITER, I BELIEVE, TAKES AN EXTROIDINARY AND VERY PERSONAL P.O.V. - YOU MUST BE PARANOID TO SOME EXTENT, YET, REMEMBER, IF IT'S TRUE IT'S NOT PARANOIA, BUT INSIGHT.

YOU WATCH, LISTEN, EAVESDROP, YET PRETEND THAT YOU'RE NOT - AND YOU MUST SMILE A LOT TO MAKE NORMAL PEOPLE FEEL AT EASE WHEN THEY'RE AROUND YOU. 

IN MY CASE THIS IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS- AFTER ALL, I HANG OUT IN HOLLYWOOD.

I LIVE CURRENTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK  WHERE I SHIT AND PISS IN EITHER A BLACK OR WHITE PLASTIC BAG THAT HAS TIE STRINGS OF COURSE - THIS IS A MUST!

I BELIEVE I AM BEING LEFT ALONE BECAUSE THE PARK CUSTODIANS, ALONG WITH ATHENS CUSTODIAL ENGINEERS WHO PICK UP MORE THAN JUST GARBAGE, ARE USING MY PERSON DUNG AS FERTILIZER FOR A SEA OF NICE, BRIGHT GREEN GRASS...

I DO NOT DO ANY DRUGS, AND MORE - THOUGH I HESITATE TO SAY- THAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT ASSISTED ME IN GETTING TO MY CURRENT STATE OF MIND- THOUGH DRUGS ARE INSIDIOUS, LIKE BEING ADDICTED TO THINGS THAT START OUT GLORIOUSLY PLEASURABLE- LIKE A FIRST LOVER -

AND AFTER YOU MARRY YOU BECOME DEADLY ENEMIES - DRUGS ARE LIKE THAT- SO PLEASE STAY AWAY - IT IS FAR FROM A TENDER  TRAP - STREET DRUGS IN PARTICULAR ARE  D-E-A-D-L-Y.

FOR WRITERS IN PARTICULAR WHILE WORKING ON A PROJECT...FOR ME IT WAS TOO PLEASURABLE AND IT HAD ME THINKING RATHER THAN DOING...I'D SEE THE SCENE IN MY HEAD, AND I COULD NEVER QUITE MATCH THE WORDS TO THE SCENE INDUCED BY "MARY JANE".

BUT REMEMBER, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, AND IF YOU KNOW YOURSELF WELL ENOUGH, MEANING THAT YOU ARE A TRUE ADULT AND ON YOUR OWN TIME AND YOU CAN HANDLE IT, IT CAN TAKE THE EDGE OFF, YET THIS IS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS OF COURSE.

FOR MYSELF, AND BEING AN ADULT, I PREFER AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE, A GLASS OF BELGIUM ALE , OR WONDERFULLY EXPENSIVE CHAMPAGNE, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

(C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWEN MITCHELL, AT THE WEST HOLLYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069.