Let the minutes show that I'm here, that I braved a none-to-happy childhood; legal drugs; illegal drugs;organized religion; disorganized religion; toothaches, stomach-aches, the occasional headache, plenty of heartache; the death of my father; the death of my mother, the death of my infant son; three marriages, two divorces, and a long and utterly impractical love affair with myself.
(this appeared in The Sun's April Issue- Sy Safransky's Notebook)