The rites of passage entering into adulthood can feel like re-entering the Earth's atmosphere-dangerous and pressure fueled, desolate, with intensity so strong it can burn up any living soul making the journey. Good luck and Godspeed to America's youth. Carl (19) is in the midst of this pivotal transition. Gunshots, sirens, jazz, and roaring engines are commonplace in the Oakland ghetto. Carl is a cowboy-poet of mind and soul, born to the wrong generation...