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