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The Vanishing Adolescent
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The Vanishing Adolescent |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California 
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(I wrote this when I was eighteen, a long time ago) The Vanishing Adolescent Some adults met in a normal town and said, lets always scold and frown on rock and roll. Lets keep these kids with their minds on sex from knowing much while they are ‘twixt the age of toys and maturity. What shall we call this age, they wondered, while a boy the facts of life did ponder. Lets call it simply adolescents, who knows what it means in essence? One man tried to take a stand, It’s the time a boy becomes a man, But what is man someone might add, the answer could be very sad. The meeting continued…. Where is the perfect specimen we surely must examine him, how else can we truly mold the character of the true and bold. They looked around and finally found a boy with freckles without a frown, and to observing they did go to find what they desired to know. His dress was neat, his face was clean, and in his eyes was no threatening gleam. Surely this must be the boy with hope and courage and self-esteem, the one who quietly left his toys for the world of twixt and in between. They said, nodding approvingly, one to the other. But, inside that freckled face benign there was something that would make you cry, inside were questions never answered, inside was a heart that had been cancered, and an ego crushed to pulp, and not by such a thing as dope. And why, it seems to me quite strange now a new dance has become the rage are adults seen from town to town frantically twisting up and down. |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
While the dance steps seem dated, I have to say, the message is timeless. Even at such a young age, you were flowering with talent. Very enjoyable and thoughtful. Mike |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Quite an interesting piece....I enjoyed it!! Take Care Bridgette |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
I don't know how long ago you posted this, Martie, but I think it is very polished for an 18 year old. At first I thought it was more angst related than it turned out to be, but it is always a pleasure to share in your work. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
You had freckles? LOL, of course you did! |
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