dance_at_rian going_to_california deep in the woods of northern canada lived a boy, 8 years old, with his parents. they occupied a house on a lake. each day the boy would enter the woods and walk along the path of the leaves. he would look up and see the birds flying, feel the sun on his face, and hear all the pretty songs. one day, he came upon a large tree with no branches, only woodpecker holes. he approached the massive tree with a friendly attitude and a conversation flowed. the tree granted the boy a wish that he had asked for. TO BE 18. so, when the boy left the woods and entered the surrounding village he was a man with child-like qualities. but when he returned home he was 8 years-old, free to romp in his childhood world. 041001 ... going to california cast upon the sea, a sailor without a ship. into the star-filled sky, a song without verse. the moon without the tides a sheep without a shepherd a child without a mother a man alone. what a frightening time. 041006 what's it to you? who go blather from