People You Know By Heart

  —I HOPE YOU KNOW I’LL MISS YOU BY AUGUST   …“I’d rather just say too much, share too much, be too much — and hope that somewhere in the me...

—SOMETIMES DAYS MOVE SLOW     The Fire   I hear my son’s new girl sigh  while walking past my office  in the hall and I’m wondering  what co...

  —YOU TURN MY 6'S TO 9'S   Rushmore   We were cemetery kids  unafraid of anything  but our impulses or luck like how Gordy took out...

  —RABBIT, RABBIT     …“Everyone tries to bury their mistakes. I write mine down.” Jameela Jamil   …Hey, Jethro, when do you think you’ll fi...

  —"THAT’S LIFE,” THAT’S WHAT ALL THE PEOPLE SAY   I Miss Terry Kath   I find my doppelgänger  crouched under a peach tree  staring at ...

—IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO CRY, I’LL DO IT FOR YOU     Selfie for My Wife   I took a selfie  in my gear gun  boots and camo sitting on the sack...