Some of the things that I am most endeared to

didn’t cost much like this wooden letter holder

that uses a clothespin as the horse’s head

to hold the letters, and these 4 knives that I bought

for a dollar a piece, at the same garage sale

where I bought the clothespin horse.

The knives are probably not much good for street fights

but they make wonderful letter openers.

I was never much of a street fighting man: a drunk

brawl here and there, which mostly I lost,

and often wound up in the drunk tank for.