NPR Interview
I am pretty sure
“Stasio” is Italian
for “Nice guy, great voice.”
An eight hour drive
with no stereo at all?
For Richmond I would.
The show was a bust,
but I played some of the best
foosball of my life.
A flyer proclaimed:
“Red Collar, here, in three weeks!”
I showed up too soon.
Heavy metal songs
sound more authentic when played
by three teenage girls.
New friends tried to sell
me on being a writer
and planted a seed.
I lived in this town
when I was a 4th grader.
I’m much taller now.
It’s so hard to see
a grown-up having such pains
at not being picked.
If you learn to lose
as gracefully as you can,
sometimes you still win.
The opening band
bemoaned a pool-less hotel.
My heart is breaking.