'life, good times, + friends'

my sweet brother, alan, recently returned to boone, nc to continue his college career + with his return came his first apartment! when he was visiting us this past march + may, we made several trips to haight-ashbury in the city where he discovered a young man who sits at the infamous corner + writes poems for customers who name their price. alan was hooked. ever since, he has been politely begging me to return to the haight + purchase a poem for his apartment. one day in august, paul + i happened to be in the city and thought to seek out said man. when we saw him, we felt like we had struck gold! a quick phone call to alan yielded great excitement and a request for a poem that discussed 'life, good times, + friends.'

alan is the only one with the original copy now, so i'm sure you can write him + ask what the poem actually says, but we managed to get a picture of alan's puppy-niece with the star poet.