i know that 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 drop 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 become intimate with a stranger, from a distance, across time and continents, because i knelt before a young master in a very 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 to leave, and invited to stay. i went to a big new eve party in new york city, with many famous people, the mayor, baryshnikov, jessica lange, i was at the opening of the film which one best that 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 about the beautiful sky, but they see it. there is a canopy 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 with turtles in the open sea. i ancient, rusty nails on the shore. and written about the boat, the sailors, and their , from one piece of survival. i grew up in a hospital, watching my 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 cold sea, with no coat or or dime for the phone, and awakened in the warm sun, in his arms, hearing his grunts and the 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 lion completed, by love, send me back to the my i have turned my back to the sunrise hotel rooms and called out the name of the setting sun from the floor i've been where it was i made it happen i have walked down tiny alone, for miles i have planned i have carved myself into i abandon my own i have been 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 tired to stay and i hate him for my weakness i have been in a helicopter, flying over the glaciers, and i have been in the concord, faster than sound. as much as i have learned camouflage, i have my broken body on the plains at dusk i been in a jet when the oxygen dropped i came out to the car and my daughter was gone her car seat. she had me in. all of it is over and over again. i have skiied, water skiied, raced in the water, i have baseball and cards. i learned at 8, when i learned my funny valentine. i met bob dylan. He me a poet. i rode with maximilian shell, and leonard cohen in the elevator.on different occasio