how the west was
(already won: women's varsity ball)
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an openhearted mistake: i: caught in the sling of the conv
by the wiling locals: being coy: being friendly: being funny:
well...have...you...had...gizzard: and what's that: potato...
wheresit from: lessee...the...box...says...washington...kennewick.
oh.
back to gizzard: try it: it's good: darth vadered by a blonde
ponytail: y.o.u...w.i.l.l...e.a.t...t.h.e...g.i.z.z.ardor
t.h.e...e.m.p.i.r.e...will...strike...backagain...so...deep...fried
draw...
yowza hmmm okay. kristie: this tastes sorta like plastic:
if i imagine so myself: you know: regular food.
laughs all around.
entrails entail cutouts: kristie postcard-collages: my revenge
cheerfully taken up as art project: last year: under varsity spell
tall stunnin' goodlooker lettered in basketball in volleyball tanned
unpretentious attentive openhanded natural western winsome winning
kristie's too much on the draw: i dare tell all this all her:
behind her perfect back. her stated aim: sports medicine.
mrs. mother stops by with t.b.yearbook pictures -- on her way from
work: glasgow: we mock-auction which onesies whodo the best.
we talk schools we talk poetry. mrs. mother reads about indonesia.
selamat in reciprocity for hospitality and a means of future trade
may our trade winds and migrations allow it.
my fast drive: next: first: through green tea low shadows into:
the petaled mountain sunset: into the glitter night range country:
united states of america: route two: through havre shelby cut bank
over the sleeping grassy pony-dotted hilly blackfeet's nofoothills
over to the pink-pink wet-wet of predawn: a national geo photo
in a minimart gas station glass: open: i read about you as a kid:
in polish:
blackfeet in browning montana: where...the...prairie...meets...
the...glaciers...the rockies...the...international...peace...park...
back: mailed in nashua: the color of it all: card now a letter:
a cutout: a spark: hangs pinned: a cherished wampum: on the
corkboard: in our office: ours is a very good sports medicine:
school: women's volleyball: basketball: too:
but really kristie: u2 must taste for the first time 2:
vietnamese. i deal. veggies hi. nothing deepfried.
catfish in the claypot's
