Sunday, November 27, 2011

I'm sorry Cooper

Cooper and I talk occasionally, outside of the law school, when I'm walking to my car.

He told me of a daughter who lives in Orlando. He told me he has a court date there in February. He told me he's selling these magazine subscriptions and it would be a big help if I would buy one. He told me he won't go back to Orlando for Thanksgiving or Christmas because he can't afford it. He asked me if I ever worked before in my life. When I told him a worked construction and then worked for a newspaper, he said, "good, good, then you know what it means to work."

"I can't buy a newspaper subscription, I have no money for that," I said. He said, "That's ok."

We still talk occasionally, outside of the law school.

He dresses nicely, gold and blue tie and a white collared shirt.

It's good to see Cooper.

Raleigh, NC
11-27-2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

These Things I Miss

Jazz records playing on a vinyl record, pouring music into the second story of the coffeehouse. Irish coffee in the morning and stumbling onto cobblestone streets. Speaking poor German to Germans who always looked interested, never were demeaning, in what I was trying to say.

-- Raleigh, NC
1-11-2011