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The Legal Studies Forum
Volume 30, Number 1/2 (2006) reprinted by permission Legal Studies Forum Lawyers & Poets Journeys Close to Home DAVID BRISTOL _____________________________ White Shirt Blue, pink, ecru, stripes narrow and bold, red and green, now waking, wanting a white shirt. Quiet and simple, shunned for lack of style, color. The simple is sought, sparse and absolute to wear for the day. Clean, white, lightly starched and unremarkable, to button up is to button up, a modest gesture of presentment. Step plainly, showing a humble color, out of the house washed. [255]
David Bristol was born in 1948, grew up in Verona, New Jersey, and has lived in Arlington, Virginia for more than 30 years. Bristol graduated from New York University and obtained his law degree from George Washington University. He has published three collections of poetry, The Monk Who Made His Momma Happy (Bunny and the Crocodile Press, 1977), Paradise & Cash (Washington Writers Publishing House, 1980), and Toad and Other Poems (Bunny and the Crocodile Press, 2002). Bristol is a staff attorney at the Office of Thrift Supervision. |
