longest shadows ever cast

but didn't you remember about the plans that you made. look right there and you'll see a person in excitement. you can rub his head and pull him to your shoulder. he can show you what it is like to be yourself. smoke a cigarette and ash out the backseat window. feel your hand pump itself into a fist and say something, anything. they'll all respond and save you. your happiness is a bravery; it opens you to attack. but so many of them are there with you, helping to keep you where you've dared to go, hoping you'll help them as well. go sit in your room, fear, i'm going out to play.

he'd never robbed a 7/11 b4. he'd never even drank a beer. walking those late night small town streets made him want to do these things, made them exciting, made a smile come to his face. he wondered about doing them but was told they were wrong. he wondered what it meant when he could grow a beard. he hoped that he wouldn't have bad dreams.

he went inside and put his shoes where they belonged. he didn't wonder anything for the rest of that night.