people who agree you shouldn't walk the streets but run them. people with good breath, perverts, people who do what they say and say what they mean. people who are unafraid to love. people who are street smart. and if you aren't street smart, you'd better be book smart. so smart boys --but really, men. people who understand music and love it more than breathing. people who aren't stiff--not that i think i really want to meet someone who's really "loose" but, i don't like uptight people. people who realize mints are a waste of time and that gum is where it's motherfucking at. someone who wants me to retire,who wants to support my lifestyle as i write, and who can't stop reading anything i crank out. even if it's someone else's song lyrics on a napkin, they'd want to read it. if it's my phone number written in the snow, or a novela written on the back of a train ticket, they want it. new people. real people. creative people. fun people. smoke-ring blowers. is there a hot boy who can knit? because that would be too hot. and if he can cook too, well, then look the fuck out. people who have mastered the art of being confident without being cocky or arrogant. i'll probably meet you if you are either of the latter, but i can't say that i'd "like" to meet you. actually, other people i don't want to meet: disrespectful people, people who claim to "hate" kids, and assholes. play a bitch on tv, but don't be one in real life. oh lordy, and you know what makes me crazy? people who introduce themselves like this "i'm alfonso but you can call me fonzi" or worse, nicknames in introductions that make no sense. "i'm matthew but you can call cougar."