Down to Earth: (a Book of Improvisations)

The Kid wanted to do something for me-and the question was, would I let him? He’s on his way up in the world these days, and there’s no telling how high he’ll soar. I figure he’s got the goods, but when I put my mind around what he’s aiming to do, my breath catches. Really what Dusty struggled to do on the grand scale-take the world by the tail and change things at the core. It takes a kind of high-feathered ambition all right-to think you’re the one who’s going to make a difference. On the outside it looks like arrogance. And it takes a powerful imagination