Chapter One
After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
-Robin Templeton
Seventy years, few tears, hairy ears.
-Bill Querengesser
Watching quietly from every door frame.
-Nicole Resseguie
Catholic school backfired. Sin is in!
-Nikki Beland
Savior complex makes for many disappointments.
-Alanna Schubach
Nobody cared, then they did. Why?
-Chuck Klosterman
Some cross-eyed kid, forgotten then found.
-Diana Welch
She said she was negative. Damn.
-Ryan McRae
Born in the desert, still thirsty.
-Georgene Nunn
A sake mom, not soccer mom.
-Shawna Hausman
I asked. They answered. I wrote.
-Sebastian Junger
No future, no past. Not lost.
-Matt Brensilver
Extremely responsible, secretly longed for spontaneity.
-Sabra Jennings
Joined Army. Came out. Got booted.
-Johan Baumeister
(Continues…)
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by Larry Smith Rachel Fershleiser
Copyright © 2008 by Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser.
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