Prologue Hurry, don’t be late I can’t hardly wait I said to myself when we’re old We’ll go dancing in the dark, walking through the park And reminiscing — Graeham…

Part 1 “So what da buggah said?” Rudy the barber asks me. “Some bullshit about Denise and Chris.” I’m waiting for a haircut. Out of the corner of my eye,…

You whisper dawn again and I think damn, you’re going to go. You rise and I can’t catch my breath for you speaking your soft night’s end song. Some is…

I heard a car pull up and stop behind me. Looking back, I watched a woman emerge slowly from the driver’s side door. Coming around to the curbside, she slid…

So I woke up not dead, and proceeded from the church back to Dunkin’ Donuts, the place that would become a permanent reference point for me, a little bit like…

for pc tell me again why the rain is wrong for us to walk in, uncovered now why your words curve waves around me life preserver (render reality illusion) tasting…

* * * * * Story Number Three * * * * * (Part One) “So what da buggah said?” Rudy the barber asks me. “Some bullshit about Denise and…

Part One: “So what da buggah said?” Rudy the barber asks me. “Some bullshit about Denise and Chris.” I’m waiting for a haircut. Out of the corner of my eye,…

“So what da buggah said?” ma madda asked afta ma fadda dropped me off. “About what?” “About what?” she said, mocking me. “How about what he promised fo pay me…