Eric. by Linda Imbler

In High School

we were friends.

In college, one of

three roommates

for six months.

One of my favorite

New Years’s Eve celebrations

was spent with him until

the early morning hours.

Right before midnight,

we went to a brightly lit

liquor store and bought two pints of

vodka for fifty cents a bottle,

one peppermint, the second grape.

He dropped out and

went to hairdresser school

where he styled wigs

that then set atop styrofoam heads

and I would drive him to the school

with his ‘homework’,

windows of the car rolled up

against the Texas winds,

bouffants in place.

Later, he went to law school

and I wonder

if he only takes cases

that involve suing people

who give bad haircuts.

Linda Imbler is an internationally published poet.  Her poetry collections include “Big Questions, Little Sleep,”  “Lost and Found,” and “The Sea’s Secret Song.”  
Her newest e-book “Pairings” is due out soon.  She is a Kansas-based Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominee.  Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications
can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.