In a very different context, a philosopher said the best of us didn’t make it out. That’s true of where I grew up. They are all in the ground now like my friend.

Just thinking about dancing around like fools with Tia to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, free. Before her, I didn’t know that you could be just free with another person. She taught me that. She let me be that. It’s a debt I can never repay.