and elegance, can think only o

{ peace leave me. (7, 4) A photograph of us. Only one exists!

was taken years ago!

It shows us, Standing in the sand, Happyxand content,

As it has ouy once shared feelings. Evef so, | treasure it! it keeps you near And brings back, Some of the joy You once brought me. v -- Marco Scappa )

When I think of you I get this funny sort of grin across my face and the whole world knows that I’m thinking about you.

Its as almost embarrassing at times to realize that I’ve spent the last few months walking around with this silly grin across my face.

I know when I see you I don’t always have on my pretty face, But your one of the few people that I feel comfortable around and feel secure enough that I don’t always have to smile for.

I try hard not to get mad at you really I do, but my guard seems to always be on coffee break when your around, although I am negotiating with the union about that and hopefully we’ll see some improvement in the next couple of weeks.

If I seem confusing at times and you can’t figure me out, be rest assured by the fact your as hard of an act.

If life came with a book that said what to do

I guess that would end a lot of “‘I do’s.“*

Please accept this note on boku oF your heart,

If you give it to your mind it won’t be able to figure it out. Love's such a confusing thing if you ask me,

But I love a good challenge, and I’m well worth the wait. -- Patricia Cousins

{sleep

My boyhood friend Playing with matches Baking soda and vinegar ~ Once told me a thatI’ll never forget as the sun Tingle - pierced his naked chest and The flimsy blades of green grass Attempted raping the over - calloused solesOfhis reluctant boyish feet

Imagine if I could fly he said

Wouldn’t I be the best friend in the world I looked at him and the sun over his shoulder was Shamed by the overwhelming brightness of his eyes And the powerful twitch of his cricket spring ankles

Imagine if you could hop on my back

And we could fly to a cloud with a

Bowl of crushed strawberries and two

So we could eat sundaes until our stom- achs exploded His flashing piano key teeth smiled at me as He turned away and for a single tingle - piercing Moment I believed he would take to the air and Leave me to lay upon the ground as he Swooped among the clouds eating stars and Washing them down with cupfuls of sun But he just got on his BMX and pedalled away Promising to return tomorrow

That night I did what I did every other Night of my childhood while I lay awake

I flew

I parted the billowy white curtains of

My upstairs bedroom and took to the night air | Grabbing a green apple from the tree by the lane|_ And flying to my friends house to look in his | Basement floor window so I could watch him

I watched him until the sun came up like A boy preparing for a day of dreams I watched him sleep I watched him dream I wished I would fall

[November 15, 1994!