Clip-On Tie — The Baffler — by David Berman 🔗 ✍️ 📚

‘Relentlessly the minutes, some of them golden, touched.’ – John Ashbery

I HAD A REAL PROBLEM with time during my first few weeks of guarding. I sought a way to compress it, to make the six hour shift go faster. I tried meditation but I’ve never been quite sure if I’m doing it right. It always feels like I’m just being quiet….