Willem.  
It was pretty easy, 
Pink Hair (shrug it) 
	in Mall photo booths
			if only it had of been Nisqually.
					monstering it at Quicker Bridge
						206
							was
								death
							princeton
							trenton
							divide
							wcw
							not
							www
							paterson 
				And then I got into music.
				I used 
				admissions of guilt 
						ms. a-beaming   
And I thought I knew what I meant.
And I thought.
I Thought.
. 
	packing stuff with someone else’s dad 
	he said things happen; my dad was gone
	i sat on a dirty floor with left over vodka 
	and it became a costume 
	pieces
	in
	boxes
				.		
				we had coffee
i’d admired u
talent
style
passion-all
box-color 
&
then
Willem 
	. 
	snow
	beaches
	houses
	in the
	coolest city
	closets 
	to basements
	i put the helmet on my head 
	garfield 
	phone 
	all
	in
.
the cold
is gone
but - these days
it rains all the time -
- lost you 
Willem  
- though 
foes
have
woes.

- Olympia, WA 4.29.17