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Night Watches

Running in and out of rooms during the night watches Unforeseen sleep-walking as I glance at the clock A little alka-seltzer and I grab a pen to jot thinking thot My fingers stiff during night watches where I recall yesteryears while thinking in darkness of the new day about to dawn I reach for Marley and rouse him and he gets to work licking his fur I roll overand find a new, comfortable recline Only in this darkness do I...

Life Stories: My First Photography Gig

It is hard for me to tell the entirety of my story in any particular sequence or simple way. I suppose sometimes things kind of speak for themselves, and I can give a summary overview of what I recall of this event and these albums. Summary: According to the date on one of the photos in the albums my mother put together at the end of April 1979 (within two weeks of my father’s death on May 10, 1979) for...