Pensive Prowler
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Pensive Prowler #30: Manger Montreal
Pensive Prowler #30 by Dmetri Kakmi Manger Montreal When my friend Cam Rogers invited me to stay with him in his girlfriend’s flat in Montreal I could hardly say no. After all it was his birthday and this most French of all Canadian cities has fascinated me since I saw Denys Arcand’s Jesus of Montreal Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #29: Lazy is as Lazy Does
Pensive Prowler #29 by DMETRI KAKMI Lazy is as Lazy Does Hello. We didn’t speak last month. I know you missed me. Strange as it may sound I didn’t miss you. Well, not much anyway. I wasn’t myself, you see, and I needed time out. Mine host John King kindly gave me leave and here Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #28: On Indignation
Pensive Prowler #28 by Dmetri Kakmi On Indignation Late in January, first thing in the morning, I received this on Facebook messenger: ‘You want to laugh at kids being groomed again come to my gym and do it on the mats. Will knock your ass straight the fuck out so a [sic] can laugh at Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #27: A Modest Proposal for Politicians of all Nations*
Pensive Prowler #27 by Dmetri Kakmi A Modest Proposal for Politicians of all Nations* It is a melancholy truth to those who walk through this great world of ours and see capital cities filled with politicians and their minions, amassing wealth and wanting to live all of their lives on the backs of the working Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #26: Angel Frankenstein
Pensive Prowler #26 by Dmetri Kakmi Angel Frankenstein When George Mouratidis asked me to launch his first collection of poetry, Angel Frankenstein, I decided to talk about the cover, rather than the work contained therein. The jacket speaks volumes. It tells us everything we need to know about the poetry and about the poet. It Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #25: The Algorithm That Ate the Dick Pic
Pensive Prowler #25 by Dmetri Kakmi The Algorithm That Ate the Dick Pic It all started with a dick pic. This one to be precise. It’s the cover for Taschen’s The Big Penis Book. I posted it in response to a friend’s Facebook post—from here on referred to as Facepalm Booklet. The friend wanted to Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #24: Justice League of Steppenwolf
Pensive Prowler #24 by Dmetri Kakmi Justice League of Steppenwolf The following does not constitute a film review of Justice League. More a running commentary as my befuddle mind tried to make sense of the movie through an alcoholic haze. As the movie begins (I can’t put my finger on what’s wrong with the title), Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #23: Of Film and Book
Pensive Prowler #23 by Dmetri Kakmi Of Film and Book A friend recently asked me to take part in a 10-day movie challenge on Facebook. In case you live under a rock, this is one of those dubious social media memes that spreads like a virus and infects any one with idle hands. They’re probably Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #21: Death Sentence
Pensive Prowler #21 by Dmetri Kakmi Death Sentence One long sentence is what it felt like, and I don’t mean a sentence as in ‘a set of words that is complete in itself, containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question or command, and consisting of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses’; Continue reading
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