The next book

My next book will be a book of photographs and notes
photos and prose of my favorite things
my favorite people, places
Uraeus, early morning sun, evening, flowers plenty of flowers, most things red
my office, my home, my mother, my family
Val telling stories behind a microphone in front of attentive crowd
Val and her band of women preachers sharing secrets, telling stories
strangers at bookstores, in parks, on the street

Rain, clouds, urban streets, leaves, trees
south central los angeles, long beach
my schools - all of them, my apartments - all of them, my phone numbers - all of them

Pictures of cookies and stories, poems and poets

Photos, and, stuff