The Education of Hummingbird Boy

Abstract

The ditch was an oasis, where young lovers went to exchange those first feelings of youthful affections. It was the place hoofers went to sniff glue and laugh for no apparent reason, where marijuanos gathered to smoke, recycle stories, and take refuge from the blistering sun. It was where winos gathered to drink Eleven Cellars White Port and collectively drown out their worldly concerns under the protective shade of the towering Chinese Elms that that lined the banks.