mildhood in Tennessee — Runs away — New Orleans — Fights —
Shot — To Galveston - Nacogdoches - Toadvine and the Smith -
Fight with — Purning of the hotel Escape.
See the child. Hc is vale and thin, he wears a thin and
ragged linen shirt, he strokes the scullery fire. Outside
lie dark turned fields With rags of and darker
beyond that yet keep wolves. His folk are known for hewers of
wood and drawers of&ater but in truth the father is a school—
ae don t •need one. Ke
. An Irish NO.
might coul$ uée a oneharu'ed but we dont need np
• schoolteacher.
He has sister in' this world somewhere that he will not
See again. She has been sent to live With a relaåve in North
Carolina since the mother died. The father lies deep in drink.
In, his cups he quotes hal tingly froe classic poets. Or talks
of Old dead tires.
Night
drained of
handful s.
Itie ditver
all was as
f n ebon ed.
of your birth in thirty three skies were fairly
stars, ah god how they did fall All night long by
looked for blackness, holes in the constellations.
stove, sha•ne of th e heavens changed forever. But
before. You were a grand child, your mother fine,
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