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I usually start with a single haunting image written at the top of a page.
![photo of Frank X. Gaspar](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20632%20586'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
As odd as this might sound, I think I was a "writer" from my very earliest childhood.
![photo of Malaika King Albrecht](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20831'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
And, then at some point, I said we should only do rejects-like dumpster diving for poetry.