I think about how I heard you rant at death for so long,then near the end ask for it to … More
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Open Water
I really can’t remember a greatest fear growing up. Maybegoing to the dentist. That all changed with the movie Jaws. I used … More
The Walk of Life
Passing, I looked inside, saw that family, remembered,their stony group staring at those white china plates,no one speaking a word, … More
X. Crossing Sevens
So they don’t look like ones, you taught me, thatwill bring us back to all the music in Madison held … More
IX. A Madison Mis-Memory
i.My poor dance of memory means I can’t quite reconfigure you,a fool’s waltz round to think today, remembering how we … More
VIII. After the Fall
i.You grow a green world, have a green thumb, I see,and I gladly enter into your loamy scented Eden,hung with … More
VII. Shooting Craps
I can still picture the pair of fuzzy dice swingingfrom my little orange Karmann Ghia’s rearview mirror.I never knew whether to … More
V. The Middle of Night
I can hardly say I lived by a frozen lake, on cigarettes and beer,my diet at night, when I’d hear … More
