(excerpted from Invisible String. the Eirie Street Press. 1990 with permission of the author)

Refer to Pavarotti as your friend.
Listen to him often.
Try to live the way he sings.
Give everyone A's in everything.
Never be afraid of your hair
or what others may think about it.
Prefer levity to pomposity.
Make up wonderful lies to stupid questions.
Love good food and drink.
Be a marvelous cook.
Carry a rusty briefcase
or a large red knapsack.
Celebrate the natural things.
Go into the satirical weathervane business.
Wear outrageous socks.