running home to catch
the last fifteen minutes of
after school cartoons,
so passionate in my belief
they were my happiness.
so quick to throw down
books and coats and mittens
to freeze in front of
the TV,
controlled by pliers and aluminum,
standing on a cardboard box
sitting in the hallway.
laying in my beanbag chair
to vegetate- I sit
slack-jawed in front of
trusted friends.
I silently cheered
for the brainy side-kick
who I knew was
most like me.
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