my misspent youth
in montreal in ‘71
i bought some shitty
acid, mostly speed
i was sitting around
w/ some people, drink-
ing labatt’s & this french
guy saw i was smoking
gitanes & asked me if
i cd please give him
one to smoke & i sd
it was my last one &
he sd, “cd you please
give it to me any-
way?”, so i did &
i spent the rest of
the night sitting in
a chair, speeding w/
no cigarettes, read-
ing a paperback
copy of desolation
angels i found & list-
ening to him fuck-
ing his girlfriend
in the next room
Bill Lambdin: Artist Statement