My goal in life is to become an adjective.

But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books, and so didn't waste their time with them. Whereas I, even now, persist in believing that these black marks on white paper bear the greatest significance, that if I keep writing, I might be able to catch the rainbow of consciousness in a jar.

I was unemployable when I got out of college.

Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has.

You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much.

Detroit's a great music town. If your interaction with it was mainly musical, I'm sure you have a good opinion of the place.

It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as you grew up, and had to learn it again.