He was a real dude

They wanted to bail us out but didn’t have the money.

we broke back into the apt and scared homeboy’s girlfriend

threw on her dress before going drinking downtown that one night


He gave us his dad’s kimono to take with us on our travels.

another one disconnected from his narrative

I don’t think we should transition to OWS on this note so let’s combine age 29 with the last section.

shall we?


consequence of actions, ours and others

lived the single life with single mothers

eventually got wise and took our lovers

caribbean skies and star-crossed brothers

What did we first think when we arrived at

Occupy Wall Street?

calcutta. never been but for some reason it came to mind

there were a lot of dirty clothes

Yup, it definitely had that

worn-in squat vibe

with sleeping protestors everywhere.

so many hippies we cut our hair

We weren’t there to blend in.

We were there to witness the movement first hand.