16. Going solo

When I sat next to the rock star at the restaurant
or just above behind and to his left I listened but didn’t
intrude. He was with his wife or his sister and some
other friends or helpers. When he was leaving and
as I was ordering dessert he said my name in the
way that people who don’t know me think it’s
pronounced. I complimented his shoes and asked
what I’d won. He said: nothing just saying hello. His
song As the Light Is was in everyone’s heads.
People think it’s religious but it isn’t at least not to
me.

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15.

Hikers

A forest of siddarthas
and the trees they're
wrappped around.

Wander the woods
and catch a glimpse
of the gardeners.

There's no need
to be the best
boat in the water:
you just need to float.

I've never hiked.
Well once as a college
traveller. A buddy and
I trailed along behind
goats. We whistled and
stole their bells. We

worried about the
shepherdess but she
never appeared.

My son said
'We'll win the rain'
Who wins the rain?

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