The Train of Thought of an Adolescent, Circa 1993

Dreams were as intoxicating as they had always been---

and the ignition

and the fountain

and the problem

and the solution

and the nucleus

And I remembered when I wasn't tired of my long hair---

and when effort wasn't obligatory

but rather---

my proving grounds

here with the fourth grade nothings---

When we slept together, I was certain we were, in fact--

diverged in a yellow wood

but everyone who's anyone believed that---

and on Fridays

in the back of a classroom

encouraged by the safety of that room---

during the thunderstorm

I remembered the weekend

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