Hypertext Magazine & Studio collaborated with Chicago’s Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center to bring writing workshops to their clients. This poem is a result of that collaboration.

By William Ruzicka

I Don’t Remember

I don’t remember

A lot of the pain

And suffering in my life

I don’t remember

When I started to believe in God

Just know he’s out

There watching over

Us all

I don’t remember the last time I have been up North

For a pizza burger

I Don’t Remember

I’ve been told

That I need to

Answer my phone

I’ve been told I’m

A sweet guy

I’ve been told I’m

A great guy

I’ve been told I’m

A good friend

I’ve been told by Darlene I’m

Her king

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