Naked and unashamed
 The garden abandoned
 Acceptance exchanged alienation in judgement alone

For an instant I touched it Greatness was upon me I wonder Do you know it?

The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley

I didn’t know what it was like to… then you showed me what it was lik… I didn’t know what it was like to… Then you came along and accepted m… I didn’t know I could feel so dee…

I’m not sure whether I love or ha… The me I am because of you You reminded me How good it felt To feel without reserve

Why won’t it go away This feeling of emptiness That you left in your wake I keep hoping I will get over you It took so little to ensnare you…

This is where I am Though I fail to treasure it I am still right here

I have been proud I have considered myself wise I have thought that I was Far above The failures of others

Everyone thinks they know what is best. The path they have chosen Must fit all. Knowledge of Right and wrong

Youth is wasted Proving you are a man Seniority is wasted Lementing lost youth

One year ago We were nearly lovers One year ago The closest of friends One year ago

There was a day. it was in August we visited your mother in the hospital. Afterwards we wen… to a beach side burger joint.

The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling