My background is nothing to speak of other than the experiences that have shaped my life into this endless melancholy - as I said, nothing to speak of. I did not have the benefit of a fancy education in an institute of higher learning but learned plenty enough about life while living in cars, on sidewalks, on beaches, in vacant houses, etc. I have always had an insatiable urge to write and have done so for as long as I can remember. My great pain comes from needing so badly to be heard just once in my life - listened to by anyone. Really heard. My writing allows me to feel heard even though I more...