RECORDED BY THE MOTH AT THE MOTHLIGHT IN ASHEVILLE, NC ON DECEMBER 15, 2016. THE THEME OF THE NIGHT WAS “RISK.”

“I took him to Times Square that night, and he turned his gaunt face up to the nourishment of the flashing lights. This self-proclaimed Vicious Monk: mesmerized by the glittering commercial paradise. The punk rock Leo let his guard completely fall down, and I got to see the modern poet in his natural habitat.”