Exuberant Immediacy

A History (With A Soundtrack) — This is the continuation of The Wars and I (1951–1971) The Wars and I (1951–1971) A History (With A Soundtrack)alexanderhirka.medium.com And so here we are today. I was going to begin by saying that I have lived, since Vietnam, through many many other wars. The most I can truly say is that I’ve lived through many many protests in the streets against these ongoing atrocities. Afghanistan. Iraq…

Restless Horizontal — He lay his head on the pillow, eyes closing to the outlines of the room created by the streetlight through the curtains. And so his ears took over the vigilance. As his body relaxed on the bed he pulled a cool smooth sheet over himself. They had made love. She was…

Emerging Over The Years — I sucked my first penis when I was 13 years old. We were playing a game, about 5 or 6 of us, in a basement in Brooklyn. Bushwick—many many decades before it would become a hipster destination— was a diverse middle-class neighborhood. …

The Weary Struggles Of Performing The “Voter” Character — “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” ― Thomas Pynchon “If they own all the candidates, they don’t have to worry about which one you vote for.” — Zĕna Kōan A number of decades ago my kids were into Dungeons and…

The Arrogance and Privilege of The Leash-Holder — Part 3 of 3 — Give me your privileged, your arrogant, your entitled puppy owners — yearning to take them everywhere . . . The Food and Drug Administration’s Food Guide lays down the law: with few exceptions, live animals of any kind are not permitted on the premises of a grocery store, a restaurant…

Let Freedom Stink — Part 2 of 3 (Street Art) — Far from being at the top of my list of issues I have with the human herds — don’t get me started on the military-industrial complex! — I still find the whole captured-creature-pet-thing (times a billion) a bit weird and problematic from where I sit. But then again, as a…

Borders And Allegiances (Critical Thinking on Memorial Day) — Here goes AleXander Hirka again—flogging that anti-war horse. You’d think by now he’d know that while he imagines all the people living life in peace, that there is an excitement, a romance, perhaps a testosterone necessity to this organized violence that makes war a force that gives people meaning. But…

Signs Of The Times — Part 1 of 3