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grass high and green flowers faces wide shouting to the spirits – trees, the very thing that speaks to the gods give thanks for the rain the wind the sun the coolness of night eyes closed holding onto wind breath in the trees the sky everything bright melodious color on the wind deer perk their ears listen grass silent dance salutes the wind whistles through tall pines mockingbird sings it’s soft trill broken melody winds shifts nervously Still I walk i walk sunken soul no place ...

The audacity of egotism To say, here are some words. I’ve put them to paper.     Now, Feel what I feel. Stand where I’ve stood.   Hope what I’ve hoped. Withstand what I’ve withstood. Love what I’ve loved. Hear what I’ve heard. Dream what I’ve dreamt. Hurt like I’ve hurt. Live what I’ve lived. Pray what I’ve prayed.. Die where I’ve died. Lay where I’ve laid.   The trained ear, that hears Sounds of beaut...

That was the day when I figured it all out. That was the day when I discovered how deep I was really in. Frances and I had said our good-byes just the week before, but I’d told myself again and again that Gilda was the reason. I’d been with Gilda again for just a few days and already I was headed for the deep end and I knew it. In the time I’d known her it had been fun, just pure unaldulterated fun. We had sex in just about every place you could think of. Anyway, that’s not the point. The poi...

When we walked in, I could have sworn we were in a shoe box. That was how it smelled, how it felt, like the inside of a shoe box. I felt as if the walls of cardboard were slowly moving in towards us, breathing like hungry beasts and moving ever closer. Then he walked up to us, our waiter. Now that I think about it, there must have been a black light in the foyer where I first saw him, because his gut reflected this intense purple light and jiggled right in my face because he was laughing as h...

It was simple really. Leave me with Brucey for the day, let us get to know each other. Simple really, except for one thing. It’s the blind leading the retarded. Frances and Neal decided to go to Great Falls for the day. It was something they had been planning for awhile. Only now, they had a baby-sitter. One hitch, this baby weighs two hundred fifty pounds and has obvious access to lethal weapons. OK, I’ll get down to the real point. Brucey absolutely loves the idea. He has taken to giving me...