you scare me I don't know you

who is he to you

it's your birthday I have to give you something what do you want

this is reality I do what my soul tells me to do

is there a science of the soul that you've read about

maybe

they test for inspirational writers

you don't know what you think until you write it down

I think about you all the time

don't look at the clock

what influenced the way it is written if they can't read your handwriting it doesn't matter how smart you are

was it the spelling bee

"you're a poet and you know it your feet are Longfellows"

"Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf"

what can they teach you that you don't already know

class is cancelled

that's the story of the jacket

I want to talk about death because that's what I'm facing I want to talk about Life

I want you to see what you look like

without that cup

of

coffee

don't just sit there do something

draw a coffee cup

with or without that handle

it gently and well you are

entirely capable

learn to live with it it can happen to anybody

isn't it like catching a horse

isn't it like getting off a horse

write down what you're going to say

send three typed letters a day

you always say that

is the only way I've found to control it yes in answer to all your questions

now we can talk as much as we want to talk

Author's Note

no it's a storm
I know it sounds silly to say this to you
I haven't heard of that
before you were born