Everything I Can't See / Is At

Oh Abstractions Are Just Abstract Until They Have An Ache In Them.

I Don't Let A Poem Go Into The World Unless I Feel That I've Transformed The Experience In Some Way. Even Poems I've Written In The Past That Appear Very Personal Often Are Fictions Of The Personal, Which Nevertheless Reveal Concerns Of Mine. I've Always Thought Of My First-person Speaker As An Amalgam Of Selves, Maybe Of Other People's Experiences As Well.

I Think Because My Parents Died In Their Early 50s, Mid 50s, I Always Thought I Would Die Young. And That's Been Both A Useful Thing And I Suspect Something That's Haunted Me A Little Bit.

I Will Try To Disappoint You Better Than Anyone Ever Has.

A True Inner World Is Often Revealed By Style And Sensibility As Much As By What Appears To Be Confession.