How much older can I get?How does anybody take it?I wither everydayCan anybody take it?Each hour is a minute.Each day fills a week.A question appears written,On the skin above my knee:
Once there was a girl who stood up for herself.That is the story.That is the beginning, middle, and…
My friends like me betterWhen I have a beard.They used to sayThey liked my faceNow when I shaveThey exclaim, “Mistake!”All the dads call me RushAll the moms call me Jesus.Girls roll their eyesGuys offer high fives.
Coming of age is a carnivalin a watershed plain strewn with confetti.The atmosphere is sick with potential,riotous colors promising…
When you were young, could you imagine things would be just so? That I would read the paperlike my fatherover a steaming cup of…
When I was a child, I thought taking long showerswas tantamount to torching a paycheck,