I read that he lost a suitcase full of manuscripts on a
train and that they never were recovered.
I can't match the agony of this
but the other night I wrote a 3-page poem
upon this computer
and through my lack of diligence and
practice
and by playing around with commands
on the menu
I somehow managed to erase the poem
forever.
believe me, such a thing is difficult to do
even for a novice
but I somehow managed to do
it.

now I don't think this 3-pager was immor-
tal
but there were some crazy wild lines,
now gone forever.
it bothers more than a touch, it's some-
thing like knocking over a good bottle of
wine.

and writing about it hardly makes a good
poem.
still, I thought somehow you'd like to
know?

if not, at least you've read this far
and there could be better work
down the line.

let's hope so, for your sake
and
mine.

If you want to succeed
If you want peace of mind
If you want to survive
You have to abandon your anger and ego
You have to be a little flexible
At times you have to take things you don't necessarily deserve with a strong heart
'Coz at times it is the best thing to do
It took me a while to understand this
Sometimes i used to be upset
But gradually i realized that this was the way to go

"'Ch'ain't careful, y'all just might develop som' character, boy!"