spelling always been bad
but consistent
thanks for the careful notation
and read Keith!

'Bestie'

reminds me of bethlehem steel
a gritty sounding word
the steppie
step-daughter
taught me the new lingo and phones
how the then teens used them
she is now twenty two
living with her man in a sweet little
apartment north....works as a fitness
instructor in a gym and her man got
her a job in the inclusive member only
family connections pharmacy girl!
My daughter from previous common-law
is with her man. settled in with her
crazy pension like mine..we earned it!
and shes an artist doing great sketches

'Bestie' is the modern term for 'Best friend'
not sure if they use just a 'y' on the end
or the shortened 'i'

I borrow much from cinema and popular media
novelettes..found women's writing to be very
rich in details and nuance.
In my youth I read all the man writers
but in high school the scholastic intellects
steered me into high brow.

lobby scene..stairwells borrowed from 'The mechanic'
Leon and Matilda.
rooftop from The Torn Skirt a canadian novel about
a women coming to age in the eighties in Victoria BC
I actually knew women tree planters and chummed with
my buddies and then often drove my females about
every few years having a steady girlfriend to hang out
with also.

we grew up mid class...families owned homes
only in latter years did I get to see the urban environments
lobbies....old structures of mass...
stuff I only saw on television
and read in books

trying to slow down in my real life too
I have lived quite the life along the way
many of the poems enlivened but mirroring
the adventures from late twenties to early
forties

thank U Kieth
mr wolf