Mission Statement
of fP 8
The Otis Series 10
Otis and
Roxy pt. 1 12
Otis and
Roxy pt. 2. 12
Otis and Roxy
pt. 3. 12
Otis and
Michelle. 12
Otis and
Jezebel, pt. 1 13
Otis and
Myra. 13
Otis and
Anneke. 13
Otis and
Maryanne (and Myra). 13
Otis and
Himself 13
Otis and
The Strangers (and Myra). 14
Otis and
the Sunset. 14
Otis and
Music (To the tune of Beethoven's Ode to Joy) 15
Otis and
Renee. 15
Otis and
Anger 15
Otis and
Sweet Things 16
Otis and
thoughts of Myra. 16
Otis and
Pain. 16
Otis and
The Prison. 17
Myra and
Otis (words by A. Myers). 17
Otis and
Roxy pt. 4. 18
Otis and
Roxy pt. 5, also Closure pt. 1 18
Otis the
Voyeur and Myra. 19
Otis and
the Last Night with Myra. 19
Otis and a
Date (maybe) with Karen. 19
Otis and a
Farewell to Myra, also Closure pt. 2 19
Otis and a
Date with Karen. 20
Otis and
Menolly. 20
Otis and
Thoughts about A Possible Err with Karen 20
Otis and
Karen, pt. 1 20
Otis and
Karen pt. 2. 21
Otis and
Karen pt. 3. 21
Otis and
Karen pt.4. 21
Otis and
Karen pt. 5. 22
Otis and a
Card Game at Karen's Home with Her Family 22
Otis and a
Really Depressed Moment after a Misunderstanding with Karen 23
Otis and
Hoffman. 23
Otis and
Karen's Room, also Closure pt. 3A. 24
Otis and
Karen No More, also Closure pt. 3B. 24
Otis and
Eight Weeks, also Three Days After,
also Closure pt. 3C 24
Otis and
Caroline, also The Lady at the Hair Place That Heard About My Poetry and Told
Me to Write a Poem About Her, and When I Told Her That I Couldn't Because I
Didn't Know Her, She Told Me to Anyway, So I Did, and Here It Is. 24
Otis and
Karen Once Again. 24
Otis and
Thoughts about Karen During a Family Gathering 25
Otis,
Myra, Karen, and Bernice, Veronica, Andy, and Marcus 25
Otis and
Karen, pt. 6, also Cryptic Answers to Unasked Questions 26
Otis and
Karen, pt. 7, also Fear and Pain in
Houston 28
Otis and
Karen, pt. 8A. 29
Otis and
Music, pt. 2. 29
Otis and
Elizabeth. 29
Otis and
Henry. 29
Otis and
Karen, pt. 9. 30
Otis and
Cristienne, pt. 1 30
Otis and
Cristienne, pt. 2. 30
Otis and
Jezebel, pt. 2. 31
Otis and
Erix. 31
Veronica's
Thoughts (by M. Elsner). 31
Otis and
the Evening. 31
Otis and a
New Year and more thoughts of Karen 32
Otis and
Karen, Pt. 10. 33
Otis and
Karen, Pt. 11 36
Otis and
Time, also 14-1-99. 37
Otis and
Karen, pt. 12, also Consistent Train of
Thought 38
Otis and
Karen, pt. 13, also Rearview Mirror 39
Otis and
Jezebel, pt 4, also Closure, pt 4. 39
Otis and
Roxy, pt 6. 39
Otis and
Nepher, pt. 2. 39
Otis and
Veronica, pt 1 40
Otis and
Marcus, also Otis and More Thoughts of Myra 40
Otis and
Victoria, pt.2. 41
Otis and Victoria,
pt.3. 41
Otis and
Victoria, pt.4. 41
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 1 42
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 2 also, A Blue Dream.. 42
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 3, also Castle on a Cloud,
also Pas Miserables 42
Otis and
Veronica, pt. 2 also White Mice and 50 kV of Electricity 43
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 4a. 44
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 4b. 44
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 5. 45
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 6a. 45
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 6b. 46
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 7. 46
Otis and
Roxy, pt. 7. 46
Otis and Reilly,
pt. 9. 47
Otis and
Neve. 47
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 10. 48
Otis and
Reilly, pt 11 48
Otis and
Veronica, pt. 3. 48
Otis and
Reilly, pt 12. 49
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 13. 49
Other
Issues 51
My Pub
Song. 51
What Fools
We Mortals Be. 51
Haight-Apathy. 51
Who is the
Lady in Stairway to Heaven? And other Q-and A 52
Zephaniah
pt. 1 53
Anonymous,
a song. 53
December
14 (by M. Elsner). 53
The Diner,
pt.1 54
Recovery,
A Poem in Many Parts--. 54
Active. 54
Newcomer. 54
Complacency, Pt. 1 54
Relapse. 54
The Morning After. 55
Return.. 55
Coming Clean.. 55
Complacency, Pt. 2.. 55
Withdrawal and Progress 56
Perpetual
Motion of Synapses and Memory. 56
TW:CoaHTR. 56
Perchance
to Dream.. 57
Prelude to
Evermore. 58
Ill 58
Ideal 58
Determination. 59
29. 59
Reality
Bites 59
With all
Geographic Changes, a Psychological Change must also Occur 60
The Diner,
pt 2. 60
Smoke
Signals, Reflections on the Movie. 61
Observations
over Breakfast. 61
Alkaline
Trio 62
Winter
Weeps 62
People’s
Paths (by Regina Rose LaMacchia) 62
A Perfect 30 64
I love
you. 65
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 14. 66
Also, Poem Road Song. 66
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 15. 68
Also, Words on Fire. 68
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 16. 69
Also, Battle Scars 69
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 17. 69
Also, Enjoy the Silence. 69
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 18. 70
Also, Settle Down.. 70
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 19a. 70
Also, Why?. 70
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 19b. 71
Also, Stocking Up. 71
Otis and
Reilly, pt. 20. 72
Also, Coffee in Boston.. 72
Exodus 74
Quann. 76
For Erin.. 76
I am not
Afraid. 77
For K.. 77
Otis and
Elise, pt. 1a. 79
Also, Tonight, I am Listening to the Cure. 79
Otis and
Elise, pt. 1b. 80
Also, Tonight I am Listening to the Cure –
Alternate Ending 80
Ode to the
Dance Floor 80
Also, "Fuck 'hoochie ass-grind,
top-40-bullshit that sells dancing as public fornication to ugly music and
pretty boys and singers that can't legally appear in a porno-mag' Clubs" 80
One Phone
Call 81
For B. 81
Woman at
the Club. 82
Otis and
Elise, pt. 2. 83
Also, Walk Away. 83
Otis and
Katherine. 83
Summer of
Sam.. 84
Upon Seeing the Movie. 84
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 1a. 85
Also, My Deep Breath. 85
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 1b. 85
Also, Goodnight, not Goodbye. 85
Otis and Cassidy,
pt. 2. 86
Also, The Answer to Question Number One. 86
Otis and
Himself, pt. 2. 86
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 3. 87
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 4a. 87
Also, Happy Birthday, Cass 87
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 4b. 87
Also, Otis and Antonio, pt. 1 87
Also, 42.. 87
One True
Thing. 88
Portrait
of a Coffee/Bar 89
Hell-Yeah. 89
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 5. 90
Also, Lullaby. 90
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 6. 90
Also, Screaming in my Sleep. 90
Otis and
Cassidy, pt. 7. 91
Otis and
Cassidy, Pt. 8. 91
Also, Insomniac’s Dreams 91
Otis and
Cassidy, Pt. 9. 92
Also, Goodnight and Goodbye. 92
Otis and Natalie, Pt. 1 92
Also, Atlas, At Last. 92
Otis and
Himself, Pt. 3. 93
Also, These Hands 93
Otis and
Reilly, Pt. 21 94
Otis and
Reilly, Pt. 22. 95
Otis and
Antonio, Pt. 2. 96
Also, The Kid Dancing at Midnight. 96
Otis and Natalie, Pt. 2. 97
Otis and
Cassidy, Pt. 10. 97
Also, Present Memories of Past Events 97
Otis and
Reilly, Pt. 23. 98
Otis and
Reilly, Pt. 24. 98
Otis and
Reilly, Pt. 25. 98
a lovely treason 100
Personals
Ad. 102
Slam Poet seeks Artistic and Fun-Loving Woman 102
Theatre
Fantasy. 103
Grinder 104
Altar Boys
in Blue. 104
Never
Leave Home Without It. 105
Isobel-. 105
Orange Crush. 105
Audrey,
Pt. 1-. 105
Yellow Fog; Window Panes 105
Audrey,
pt. 2-. 106
Who Will We Be When We Wake?. 106
Elderly
Man Behind the Diner in a College Town 106
Patricia,
pt. 1-. 107
Coffee and Vodka. 107
Patricia,
pt. 2-. 107
Gawain.. 107
Patricia,
pt. 4 -. 107
First-Time Reader. 107
Patricia,
pt. 5 -. 109
Heron.. 109
Patricia,
pt. 6-. 109
Summer Storm.. 109
Patricia,
pt. 7-. 109
Translation.. 109
Patricia,
pt. 8-. 109
Out of Range. 109