“Hey Kid, are you staying on the sidewalks?”

“Thank You” Mr. Gatz, for caring.

This is not a love story and yet, it IS a love story, too.

We met on Twitter. He made a funny comment, I responded.

We talked about writers, specifically Richard Brautigan and his reaction when he realized that I knew “who” Richard Brautigan was made me laugh: “Holy fucking shit, you know who Richard Brautigan is” — even now, to this day, just thinking about it, still makes me smile. As we began to chat more and learn about each other, we realized that we had much in…