"First half moon after
my birthday. Left four flowered
Japanese napkin
rings in the cupboard,"
Allen Ginsberg
wrote on the wall inside
the bedroom closet
of this cottage
in a quavering, large,
childishly rounded hand.
Dated his entry,
added his age,
and noted it was 10:55 p.m.
Om.
-- First stanza of "Making History in Florida" by Maxine Kumin
(remaining stanzas threaded in the next two toots, 1/3)