Fence Post Screaming

Ashley Slupski, 17
Chicago, IL

There was a man in Boston who smelled just like the sea. Whose liver-spotted hands shook as he poured tea from kettle to cup but he drew the most beautiful women I've ever seen. And everyday he rode his bike from front porch to mailbox with the boots he wore during Vietnam on his feet. One day as we walked from beach to bar he said, "I see angels."

I said, "I see them too."