someone stole my hat right off of my head
we put stella to sleep
my aunt died of cancer
my grandmother suffered from lou gerig's
my grandpa stopped talking to his son
a friend changed after taking pcp
after reading silent spring
sometimes when i paint
kids were smashing polly wogs with rocks
i fell in a puddle and ruined my coat
when i wanted god to hear me
feeling misunderstood
i discovered that i wasn't in love
patty's brother was killed in vietnam
judy garland died
i fell in a well and no one believed me
i was down to 36 cents
i had to remove the valentines from my window
my dead cat, chow chow, was tossed in the trash
i wanted my mother
i rented a room in a stranger's house
riding greyhound bus from my dad's to my mom's
i did not get the job
my grandmother died after doctors said that she was fine
wanting my life to be different
joel was late getting home
I had a spider on my neck
joel said that he would never leave me
the goodness and deeds of others
when i saw the dali lama
no one took my side
i was told that i would be given all that i want
watching movies about the holocaust
i was ignored in a room full of people
religion divided our family
i got gum in my hair
my father quit his career
audubon's descriptions of flocks of birds flying
i thought too much of the past and the future
the minutemen passing by our home
i devoted myself to a vision
i didn't have christmas
friends were not friendly anymore
a gutted deer hung from the tree
how beautiful the assabet river was
watching walden pond change
when the police came to check things out
i felt love
i held my little sister as if she was mine
i almost got hit by a speeding truck
i was screaming and no one came
a teacher made fun of my spelling
listening to the piano
i saw a fire start
the Staffordshire dogs did not come to life
standing on prospect and cushion
when things were not what i thought
i got lost on the way home
the gossip was about me
i was held up at gun point
John Kennedy Jr. died
the gulf war
rejections
I let a bird free
match factories in india
they thought i was faking before going to the hospital
i had two different socks on for my school photos
I was painting the loft ceiling by myself
i missed a funeral
i saw how big elephant herds once were
we moved away
my parents fought
i was alone
they didn't want to see me
i was embarrassed
after i was brave
graduating didn't feel like anything
patty hearst was kidnapped
seals dead on the beach
I saw whales swimming
ghost nets got bigger
the story of little women
the oil spill
the spray trucks carried ddt
famine
someone stopped to help us
learning of others' pain
no money
litter in the streets
when I arrived in vienna
staying in agatha christy's room on the cataract
crossing through checkpoint charlie
those that have little and share
my grandmother went behind the iron curtain
my brother went through a glass window
when old dishes break
the beauty of ruth ealy's garden
a european thanked me for america's help
the michigan sunset after my wedding
john died of aids