long time gone

he taught gregory corso as genius.
asking "should i get married? should i be good?"
books. ideas. thoughts. were opened wide with curiosity.

he defined "but i digress."
and proved that bitter can be funny. very funny.
and that talking fast doesn't have to mean you're a fast talker.

he laughed at those cornhuskers.
and the girls in their pearls.

he said it's ok to swear.
just make us feel how much you mean it.

he taught me to dance on the grave of a son of a bitch.
with my eyes closed.
and to love every minute of it.

he taught me to go for what i never knew i always wanted.
that i'll be ok. i'll get where i'm going.
and that i can go anywhere.

did you ever have one of those?
i had a good one.