SPEAK tonight

was made up of two things:

1. remembrances of Ken Hunt;
2. completely inappropriate humor about a whole raft of things.

Exactly what was needed.

I read “Savanna,” the long version from his chapbook*; ocvictor did “Ditto Tavern, Seattle;” myainsel did “Wanderlust Prayer.” I wanted to do “By The Time I Get to Wyoming” but decided three was enough. penny_player did a poem inspired by Ken, as did Lea later in the night. It was good.

The inappropriate humor came after, needs no repeating, and felt great.

*For the record, I didn’t choke up on “I refuse to become one of those friends you have to bury.”

Instead, I almost lost it on the lines about the Violent Femmes.

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