ALVEY S

I never scratched Alvins feet for a quarter

but once he lit M-80s at the national horse shoe tournament

the Falls City court house

and jail drawing officers

once

Ima jean his wife welded metal into sculpture

twirling deal

we kicked field goals in the crotch of there oak

next to north school

with dan and andy

where we went to kindergarten

where we ate low income lunch

and i almost hid