Shaune

Hey there Shaune, So, I have to tell you now, for fear that even this far in advance, you may have plans.  I will be home for a few days…July 29th-Aug 6th.  So…yeah.  I’d like to see you.  That’s truly an understatement.  And of course, if your idea of fun is helping me get my … [Read more…]

Kendra

Hey you.  Been a long time I’d say.  How are things?  How is Caitlin?  Is she huge?  I actually got to meet her some almost a year and a half ago.  Geez, time flies.  I’m still out in California, surving out what feels like a sentence.  Except I can’t tell how long it’s going to … [Read more…]

Jackie

Jackie. Hey there, how’s it going?  I figure a letter’s an original idea, considering the Sunday chats.  So I’ve been living I suppose.  I know I wasn’t overly enthused on the phone the other day,  family matters have been cluttering my mind lately.  They’ll resolve themselves over time, as with everything.  Work has been so … [Read more…]

Kelly

Hey Kelly, I’m sorry, I know I’m a terrible correspondent.  Life has been.  That’s about all I can say for it.  San Francisco might as well be a million miles away for all it takes me to get back home now and again.  Work is going well, at least I have no real reason to … [Read more…]

jun 2, 1997 – Cary & the ho

Cary, Alright.  I know.  Call me delusional.  I’m dating (god that word truly rots) a few people, and as Shaune Ferguson wished upon me last time we had a chat, I am not lacking in the good sex department…. but… I’m a chick.  My romantic reality, therefore, is based on delusion.  I must request, as … [Read more…]

men – 2/8/97

how is it I have been here eleven months already?  i still don’t think of myself as a californian.  and i want to go home.  more than that, i just want to be home.  i want to wake up knowing i am somewhere i belong.  that my family is close by.  yet, if i went … [Read more…]

Love, Commitment & this man I’m dating

And you don’t want me to be your wife. I understand that. It doesn’t even take compassion. No one wants to be where they’ve already been. Or at least, no one I love. Forward motion. That’s positive. And of course your dream of love has been destroyed, of course it has. It won’t come back, … [Read more…]

Daddy, Daddy Come back

“Daddy, Daddy come back. you forgot. You forgot the papers, you forgot.” I stood there in the doorway, afraid of my self at once afraid of you.  For the first time in my life I am talking to you, I have talked to you.  I showed you the picture of me when I was five. … [Read more…]

Dale in San Francisco

the wild parrots of dolores st. squawk as i walk by.  ringing in my ears the sounds of memories, eating me alive in my new home.  i feel so far away and yet i see what is real in people all around me.  i still cannot see what is real in me.  i miss you … [Read more…]

Not a love song

No one said all this was easy I never promised you serenity. What I offer you may take or leave behind but I never said I wouldn’t be hard I never said you’d love me all the time. It’s not a love song that I write here in these walls there is no lover’s bliss … [Read more…]