21 Things About Me

1. I am taller than the average bear.
2. I can juggle.
3. I received my B.A in econ from UCI.
4. A big blue ball came from the sky and made me tall (there is photographic evidence).
5. I practice good hygiene.
6. I require stitches every few years.
7. Several years ago I was younger.
8. I’ve served cocktails to celebrities.
9. When I was a child I wanted to be a poet (I assumed people were paid to do such things).
10. When I was 24 I won $75 in a poetry contest. 
11. The poem which was called "The Slight Remorse of  an Uncooked Soul" burned up when my house burned down (A German translation still exists).
12. I watched my house burn down on TV in 1993.
13. I am not the David Womack you find on Google.
14. The David Womack available via Google is presumably much cooler.
15. One summer I lived in my van, not because I had to, I just thought it would be cool.
16. I used to be an avid windsurfer; now I do crossword puzzles.  My dream is to be able to do both these activities, although not necessarily simultaneously.
17. I lived in Berlin but didn’t cross dress.
18. I’ve never been to France.
19. I’m allergic to milk but am able to eat cheese.  I like cheese.
20. I am allergic to penicillin, and that is nothing to clap about.
21. I live atop a hill, a few blocks from the ocean, in a small house with thin walls and clumsy decor.

Ping

The pale moon shimmers

like a forgotten Hula Dancer across

the lines of the expansive

Pacific.  Beckoning. Unmatched.

Timeless as my Hawaiian vacation.

Until slight interruption.  Ping.

“Call me when you get this.”