"First Love" by David Lusk
– I had a secret power—a newfound ally.
I was a preadolescent boy lost in a, heretofore, unknown love spell magnified by the magical thinking of childhood.
David Lusk is a retired consulting arborist/psychologist/writer living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has previously written several articles for the Winston-Salem Journal and the trade publication, Tree Care Industry Magazine. He lives in a beech tree woodland with his wife Amy, their three adopted rescue shelter dogs, Jessie Girl, Captain Spaghetti Jack, Abbey Road and Maple Tree the cat. He is currently attempting to learn Japanese Sumi ink painting while under the constant, playful supervision of Jessie, Jack and Abbey. Often he retreats to the Pamlico Sound with the idea of learning to sail but happy to paint or play guitar in view of a marina full of boats and the occasional visit from a bald eagle he named Churchill.
