At 22:04 7/23/97, Thomas Hamill wrote:

Today, one of my best friends killed himself. After I recieved the news, I
wrote this poem. This is my way of dealing with one of the harshest
emotional blows in my life. I knew my friend for 12 of my 17 years. Please
return some C&C my way. I would really appreciate.
For anyone who cares, I live in Larimar County, in Colorado. It has the
highest suicide rate among teens in the nation.

My poem is titled "Confusion."

Dear Ghod, man.... Zen is sorry to hear this.

For what it is worth, Zen knows something of how you feel...
If there is anything that Zen can do...  please let him
know.

On the subject of your poem...  There really isn't a lot
that can be said about raw pain and emotion.  The poem
carries that.

Zen no Itan-sha