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MENANDER/MEANDER
Composed and broadcast live over the course of one workday embroiled in language corruption, via Milam's Twitter feed. Milam is a frequent contributor to THE2NDHAND and blogs here.
8:16 a.m.: Waking up from tossed and turned dreams, eggs the color of a low sun, coffee strong to get a move on and meander in fragments, etyms, eyes
9:07: Gandering along the bay, fishing boat in dry dock for ten grand, heart-shaped vine on an old silo, meat = murder painted over, alley rails
9:29: Passing billboard, "Recession 101: Become the recessionista your parents always wanted." Courier, no attribution. At work, discuss torture.
10:30: Laugh at email tagline: "security is everyones responsibility" -- wither the apostrophe, weather whither, whence, weardown, werwulf, freeman
11:53: Along the Via Texta, echoes of Eco, Ecos of echo, then "Rock You Like A Hurricane" melds to "I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob."
1:20 p.m.: Cooling off with Italian plums after joga bonito in the lunchtime sun, a sticker on the door reads, "I heart the restroom to myself"
1:29: 2 01204 00287 0 is vegan and wheat-free @ PCC #9-Greenlake; "Is this a FINAL print quantity? Or estimated?"
1:32: "Meal-on-the-go. Delicious has finally met nutritious!TM. This product contains 29% organic ingredients."
1:50: "Want some more nice? Once you're gone, you're not legally allowed to come back and visit family and friends. 8 USC 1182(a)(10)(E)."
1:59: insert into t..worthy select top 10 * from government g inner join ethics e on g.id = e.id where e.integrity != 0 and g.blackbudget = 0
2:02: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Invalid object name 'government'.
3:04: Sensory deprivation, cube stasis leads to a reggae version of You Make Me Feel Brand New; Safire parody Whoppers Junior sates for a time
3:58: Nouns in a series compounded or alone, Chromakey Dreamcoat and Dayvan Cowboy, Tears from the Compound Eye, an hour to go, old path/new bgnng
4:58: A scroll, a long roll of virtual papyrus, a palimpsest impossible but for Menander, and put the needle on the record, play it long, onefouro
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