talked to Al Masarik today on the
phone in Sparks who is now suffering
the onset of Alzheimer's and dealing
with the VA people but he's hanging
in writing some damned beautiful short
stories about the experience and he told
me he heard from Ann Menebroker who
told him Kell Robertson ain't doing so good
now in his 80's living in a chicken coop but
John Bennett up in Ellensburg is just fine still
writing his shards and we had some laughs
talking about all that old poetry bullshit and
he's still drinking and I'm still drinking so that's
fitting I quess at least we're still alive although
I wouldn't want to be 18 again never dreaming
I'd be as fucking disillusive as I am right now