I. Two blue eyes gaze at the world through halo-colored strands.

II. Eyes glare impishly at mirror eyes. One stubby finger thrusts towards an outlet.

III. Glazed eyes flood over at a spider’s death. Flood ceased, fascination with novels begins.

IV. Two stubby legs run in fear of a child’s kiss. A classmate hangs from a metal fence.

V. A girl rips the head off a prized pink puppy eraser.

VI. A different girl steals a notebook after a request to play with a Beanie Baby is denied.

VII. Two eyes and a crooked-toothed smile gleam in the paper, as winner of most novels read.

VIII. A boy is pushed off a slide, landing with pools of blood in his ears.

IX. Best friend achieved, books are forgotten in favor of hikes through the woods, horseback rides, video games, and a surrogate family.

X. Best friend moves and is replaced by a cat. Reading resumes only partially.

XI. New friends achieved. The year is filled with boys, cheese fries covered in ketchup, and baseball games.

XII. Appearances forgotten, this year becomes a collapse into vampiric intents. Friends are lost temporarily.

XIII. After a friend’s attempted suicide, a decision is made to try everything once before death. Sex, drugs, and alcohol are consumed, as is blood. A smoke filled bowling alley is the setting. Pool stick normally in hand.

XIV. A new beginning. Feminist, modern tendencies emerge, as does the inherent vegetarian hippie. Fencing equals life. Winter is bad.

XV. Focus returns to school. Feminism is dominated again by video games and my first Italian male counterpart.

XVI. Argumentative nature takes over. Male lost, group dynamic shattered, refuge is sought in the workplace and in a new, older series of passions.

XVII. Freedom at last. The cure to loneliness discovered, novels are sacrificed in favor of long nights of gaming.

XVIII. True love is found. Casting off the past, passions take control again in the form of friendship, romance, dance, the outdoors, and reading. Adventurous nature glides around the world.

05/27/2008

Posted on 09/25/2008
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