Taste...

• Stolen donuts from the Milk House on Windsor Avenue
• Sloppy Joe's and Fish Sticks at the Jefferson Cafeteria
• Cabbage from a palm tree
• A six-foot long rattlesnake
• Warm corn tea in the jungle of Costa Rica
• "Cowboy Caviar"

Hear...

• The sounds of windows breaking at Audubon Elementary
• Ice ripping beneath our feet on the Mississippi River during spring thaw
• Crowds yelling for Jesse Owens and me
• Exploding oven bulbs
• The awful sounds from my violin, saxophone, and trombone
• Thirty books hitting the floor at the same time in Popeye's class
• The bomb exploding
• The homerun that made me quit
• Exploding glass in a car from a bowling ball
• A conversation with the dead
• A squealing pig in my living room
• A visit from a ghost
• A bobcat screech only feet away

Touch...

• The skin of an alligator I caught with my hands
• The church key in our back pockets
• The shocking cold water of the Mississippi River when we jump from a bridge
• The clothesline when it chokes Tom's throat
• The monster under my desk
• The Olympic Torch I carried
• The burning, painful shins trying to kick an armadillo
• My frozen underwear
• My bleeding rump from the "Wildman Ride"
• My bruised ribs from the fluffy lady who fell on me when the hot air balloon crashed
• The box of Rice Krispies in my bed

See...

• My "Pissing Neptune" statue
• The unique rock a kindergartener holds in his hand
• "Bobo", the chimp, perform a special feat at Skate Town
• The fella in the caboose choke on dirt as he passes by
• The gum wad taped to "Danny's" nose
• A dead carcass in the street and a half-dead child on the sidewalk
• Miss Phifner's garter belt
• The wild hog caught by hand
• A 'Pope on a Rope', soap
• Me shoot a wild animal inside my porch
• The burned-out Freedom Rider's Bus

Smell...

• Fumes from the sewer where we played
• 10,000 year old rotted vegetation
• The pine tree in my pool
• Burned rubber and pee in Mickey's van
• Sardines in my new car
• Burned horns on a calf
• Vapors of animal hides, guts, and blood on our clothes
• Jiffy peanut butter on a dog's nose

Experience...

• My unusual invention
• Boobs against my cheeks in fifth grade
• Boners, Farts, and Peeing Contests
• The adrenalin from hopping a moving train
• A KKK rally in Alabama
• The Swamp Camp
• The "No-Needle" Christmas Tree
• "The Healthiest Boy Contest" and "Sons-A-Britches" clothing store
• Riding a horse from Colorado, going into Oklahoma, and ending in New Mexico
• Hang-gliding, hot air balloon ride, parasailing, cliff diving, ultra-light ride, air boating in swamps, and zip line ride in Costa Rica

AND MANY MORE...