when I worked hauling drywall I used to imagine mountains it was the answer to my current si… it was a hope 8 months later I was in Colorado

when we were living at Cheryl’s fa… in Grant, Courtney’s and my room were right next to each other I remember we would just sit on th… right outside our doors

I like seeing what you’re doing now you’re writing poem books you’re teaching

the first full beer I ever drank was a Mike’s Hard Lemonade I took it from the fridge and drank it in the garage which was adjacent to the house

one of my favorite dates I’ve ever… was with a sorority girl named Len… she asked me out and we went to Park Theater for d… and dancing

when we were building the new hous… Vinnie and I would go and check o… it was winter and we were fascinat… about the frozen water across the… being a kid I wanted to see if I…

my Mom once planted a broken tree… into the ground and she was so excited when it sta… to grow leaves it was in our backyard

before there was any real pressure turning us into diamonds we stood in the driveway in the falling snow the street lamps were orange and

I remember a winter when we were l… and we played hockey in the drivew… it was me and my brother, Des vs.… we were using hockey sticks and a… it was a brilliant winter and a fu…

yesterday I was “open ears and open eyes” yesterday there were voices flowering in my… I hope

drinking aromatic coffee and writi… in the tired morning whatever happened to those ingenious couch cartoons? we used to cruise our bikes

this one time I was riding with C… in the old Cutlass she opened it up on a back road we were going about 110 I remember because she had me

we used to use Ms. VanDam’s yard constantly either playing on it or cutting through to see friends she lived directly behind our old…