No. I knew him sort of. It wasn't a deep friendship or anything, but I knew his name and he knew mine. He was basically a druggie-freak of the area, but he knew a lot of people. Getting passed around from house to house like he did really put him in a lot of places. I mean, afterall, keep in mind that he died when I was about 10. I was just a young tike when he was in Aberdeen and Montesano. He and his loser-druggie friends would often hang out at the field out by the elementary school I went to.
I know his family. (get the difference? knew and know?) they're nice people. (His mom is a little loopy in her old age, though.) I actually see them and know stuff about them. Through them is how I learned a lot about Kurt in my later years when I knew who he was and that he became something.
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