(west end in november. west end covered with string lights. halloween. hanes park in summer. hanes park in winter. wiley hill. creek frozen over. brunson elementary school class of 2012. pavement outside reynolds where i used to eat lunch. first street, fourth street, second street, broad street. dad'n's apartment. my house. my room. kitchen table. backyard. emma's house. noah's house, in winter. olive's house. olive's backyard. downtown. canteen. mellow mushroom. summit street. una's old house. she doesn't live there anymore but.)

(bus route to hanes. manly street. ben lefevre's house. st. paul's episcopal. snowy hill where grey and i held hands. hanes locker room. places of torture. places of worship. places of embarrassment. the site of my burial. old salem graveyard. arbor acres, salemtowne. the place where my grandfather died. one day i will die in winston-salem, too.)

(i dreamed i had returned in the dead of winter)