Mr. Travis

[dukealien]

Hello duke-

Thanks for taking the time to offer your critique.  Mr. Travis was a real person, yet a clumsy, wanna-be child predator.  None of us got molested, but that's probably because our dad caught on pretty quickly.  Back in the '60's no one talked about this kind of thing.  All I remember was that Mr. Travis abruptly quit coming by. 

It's good to see you around, as it seems the Pen went very quiet after we lost Tim, aka TqB- collective grief I suppose. Tim was very good at participating in our shared experience here. Still, we move on, as we must.

Hope all is well on your end of the thread,
Mark

Well enough, too many hobbies to give poetry the attention it needs.

What your dad noticed was "short eyes," as men in various institutional settings were wont to call it.