2022 spoke a dream out loud felt it tremble and open its eye answered its call feverishly everything was red for a while swam in cold ocean water in warm lake water in many bath waters wove together my most honest work late into the night exhaling smoke sang from my gut, cried from my gut paced while playing guitar earning calluses on my small fingers held friends close and then let go rubbed my cheek against soft fur slammed my teeth against granite spent weeks in the tea kettle house where the furnace whistled me awake found myself, lost myself, loved myself saw myself in everyone else closing this chapter to reveal the next ready to share what we made soon