"Why don't you come back to my place?" "I like it here. Stay here with me awhile." "It's too bright in here. Everything is white." "I know. The sun is shining. The wind is blowing through the whole place." "Come back to my place. Don't you want...

I cut school to thumb to the beach. Thirty five miles. Over a little set of hills down into the flats, and then all the way down Beach Boulevard to Huntington Beach. I'm still the same way. I like to road trip on impulse. On this day, before the...

"Mr O'Daniels, what exactly are you doing here?""I don't want to be out there anymore.""Out where?""Outside of this hospital.""Well we can't keep you here.""Why not?""We don't have a reason to.""I'm dangerous.""To who?""To myself. To everyone

"Do you read?""I carry them around.""Can you read for me.""Don't touch those. Put 'em away.""What, are they going to spook me or something?""No, they're just personal.""Well maybe because you pulled them out that's a sign.""Okay give them to me and...

On a mountain topnineteen ninety nineIn solitude hereon empty dirtIt was a cold walkheavy booted on the wayridiculously the best Italianfor the Alpson borrowed money while fleeing wreckagememories bounce off the roadsideold friend