i know that lizards like jelly, because i fed wild geckos on the roof of my hut in the seychelles islands. she was called the morning lizard, and i would drop clear ponds from the tips of my fingers for her to drink, and drop gobs of flavored jelly on the counter for her to lick.
i know that it is possible to become intimate with a stranger, from a distance, across time and continents, because i have knelt before a young master in a private tea ceremony. i him move, whisk, wipe, fold, touch, offer, drink, enter, exit,
well this one so good. i debuted at carnegie hall. i have homeless, panhandled on the streets. i witnessed death, and birth, and graduation. i have been told to leave, and to stay. i went to a big new years eve party in new york city, with many people, the mayor, baryshnikov, jessica lange, i was at the opening of the film which one film that year. i was kicked out of high i was given the key to the of baltimore. a kick. i'd like more of those. i was arrested i am the highest point of my family tree. i call them to fruition, i sing them themes about the beautiful sky, but they cannot see it. there is a above them, being out of determination to grow. out of the legacy of pain. i call them but they do not come, they cannot come, no sun hits them. i have swum with turtles in the sea. i found ancient, nails on the shore. and about the boat, the sailors, and their homes , from one piece of survival. i up in a hospital, watching my brother die. i grew up in a room , watching my mother bring home left over food.for our dinner. i have cried my self to sleep by the cold sea, no coat or blanket or dime for the phone, and in the warm sun, in his arms, hearing his grunts and the rustling of his leaves, his great purring and love by these things, and so became a fearful calm, and i have run to the storm the completed, weakened by love, me back to the hunt my i have turned my to the sunrise from hotel rooms and called out the name of the setting sun from the desert i've been it was happening i made it happen i have walked tiny lanes alone, for miles i have revolutions i have carved myself moderation i my own shadow i been attacked by droves of red ants. by horses by crazy i have been all the way, by someone, now and then but he is too tired to stay then and i hate him for my weakness i have been in a helicopter, flying the alaskan glaciers, and i have been in the concord, faster than sound. as much as i have learned camouflage, i have left my body on the plains at dusk i in a jet when the oxygen masks dropped i came out to the car and my daughter was from her car seat. she had me in. all of it is written over and again. i skiied, water skiied, raced in the water, i have played baseball and cards. i learned chess at 8, i learned my funny valentine. i met bob dylan. He me a poet. i rode with maximilian shell, and cohen in the same elevator.on different occasio