Nov 7, 2021

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The befuddled author and his mother, Zena, at East River Park, New York City

Zena Mnemonic

Non-linear Drips From A Memory Like A Sieve

Backward and Forward

7 November 2021

Sections of this were written in 2018, one part in 2008, and one in 1973.
A collage from 2016, some photos from all over the place, and all of it glued together today in 2021.

7 November 2018

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