
☠Rummaging through Bon Iver’s rucksack in search of his favorite wool cap, I stumbled across a stray piece of yellowed composition paper on which he’d written, in his finest hand:
Dreams/Inspirations
1. Grandfather shocking grain in the field
2. A sailing ship in the harbor
3. Smell of burning leaves in autumn
4. Ma’s box of buttons
5. Mustache wax
6. A tom turkey strutting for the hens in the yard
7. Names for a son: Otis, Percy, Virgil, Crispin
8. A tailored suit of checkered cloth
9. My lover’s hair
10. My lover’s eyes
11. My lover’s smile
12. My lover’s laugh
13. My lover