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I’m willing to bet that most people I work with here do not spend any portion of their break time carousing lower Manhattan for payphones and LinkNYC machines.<\/p>\n

Is “carousing” even a word?<\/p>\n

Today was a rare occurrence of me not doing that. Did not check on the carousel at 77 Water to see if the 6 Payphone Radio cards I deposited there remain today.<\/p>\n

Since posting videos and such of those payphones I’ve noticed a steady trickle of photos of the 77 Water Street payphones on IG. Evidently word travels about such things, even when YouTube view counts seem not exactly blockbuster.<\/p>\n

Popularity does not equal influence, or merit. Popularity equals popularity. A simple, even inane equation.<\/p>\n

I feel like I look good today. I am the sexy, drool-worthy man I was born to be. The women see me and instantly go beyond the superficial, filling their mental blanks with knowing, foregone conclusions about the stallion-sized schlong I will spank across their faces with just a wink of invitation.<\/p>\n

They squeeze my asscheeks with their eyes, stroke my balls with their mundane gestures, work my cock with invisible hydraulic-powered fists that grip me tight.<\/p>\n

All I can do is be present. I am a beaming, throbbing, glowing creator of countless orgasms in progress.<\/p>\n

… Truth ne told, I don’t think anyone here pays any attention whatsoever to me. That’s fine. I still feel beautiful, and hope you do too.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

It rained earlier but I got out of the building just as the sun came out. It looked beautiful, caressing the curves in the road and lapping against the buildings.<\/p>\n

I see people who live across the street from where I work. They have trophy dogs and 15″ ceilings. The dogs come to the windows, looking happy, assaying whatever they can see from their perch above John Street.<\/p>\n

I leave objects lying around this place. Same as with the radio cards, I guess, but more subtle and less rewarding.<\/p>\n

Most recently I left an apple …. thing that you pull out from the top. Can’t think of its name. But it’s a small, nondescript thing that presently sits by a window overlooking Maiden Lane. It has been there for a week now. No one cleans that corner of the window, evidently, but the objects has moved slightly. I assume this was someone either sitting on the thing or else dropping the handbag on top of it. I have since restored it to its nondescript location where I hope it sits for eternity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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