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September 28 - December 10, 2024
an Irish exit - when a human leaves a place without saying goodbye to the people they are with
hit you between the lug and the horn.”
New Yorkers are hard wired for survival. That meant having an exit strategy from the moment you entered anything or anywhere, and included everything from relationships to buildings.
Never judge any book by its cover. Never let your enemy see you coming.
And when you are in a jam, there is nothing more useful than a powerful friend.
Tennessee Williams once said that, “friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families.”
Except for the bartender, an older, powerfully built son-of-a-bitch with a Northern Irish brogue and kind eyes. He introduced himself as the proprietor, Kyle Dooley, when he poured me a welcoming shot of Bushmills.
As horrible as it sounds, there is something to be said for being the immediate family of the deceased. The universe forces you to keep putting one foot in front of the other so that you don’t spiral into a catatonic state.
The Irish shed their tears in private. And so, you can never be sure there is a dead Irishman in the front of the room until you hear the laughter in the back.
even our younger siblings came along, having gotten their own fake ID’s as they acquired a taste for beer.
