<p>Hi Laura. Thanks for your edits and comments on “He’s Gone.” The ***’s help separate the thoughts of the kid’s parents.  Not sure what “POV’s” are. Regarding “Geronimo,” I’m curious whether you think the tone of this piece, (it was fun writing) fits into the stories within “LIfe’s a Poem.”  Initially,“Geronimo” came out of an idea to write a series of fictional obituaries or reports. That idea came from a story I wrote titled “The Obituary Writer,” a person who would write a fictional obituary every day while sitting at a bookstore cafe.  The doodle-girl could still be woven into ”Life’s a Poem,” simply as a last minute surprise (tailgating hitchhiker) at the end of “Rules of the Road.” The rest is for the reader’s imagination. The kid is back on the road. Now with a companion. His life goes on. End of story. Thanks, Dan</p>