ex_lion_tamer
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when
he
was
young
,
mark
looked
like
christopher walken
when
he
was
a
teenage
lion
tamer
and
no
one
knew
his
name
.
he
jumped
from
my
side
porch
to
the
roof
of
my
garage
to
prove
he
could
pull
it
off
.
he
told
me
i
looked
naked
without
a
guitar
in
my
hands
.
he
looked
naked
when
he
slept
.
i
knew
that
because
josh
told
me
.
he
would
lie
on
the
floor
like
a
big
dog
who
didn't
know
what
a
bed
was
.
mark
told
me
he
was
in
love
with
his
best
friend
.
he
said
she
looked
like
cameron
diaz.
he
said
she
was
too
smart
for
him
.
he
couldn't
tell
her
how
he
felt
.
he
didn't
know
how
.
he
tried
to
get
me
to
eat
a
tiny
green
apple
that
fell
off
a
tree
.
he
ate
it
when
i
wouldn't
.
he
almost
threw
up
.
he
spat
it
out
.
he
kept
spitting
and
spitting
until
all
his
spit
was
gone
.
he
tried
to
break
into
my
house
when
i
wouldn't
answer
the
door
.
he
huffed nitrous oxide
through
a
brown
paper
bag
and
smiled
when
his
ears
started
ringing
.
i
tried
it
once
.
i
sprayed whipped
cream
all
over
my
face
and
my
pants
.
i
didn't
get
high
,
but
i
smelled
like
dessert
.
he
thought
i
didn't
have
much
to
say
.
he
didn't
know
a
thing
about
me
.
i
just
didn't
have
anything
to
say
to
him
once
i
found
out
who
he
was
.
when
he
wasn't
around
,
i
roared.
he
studied anthropology
and
moved
to
belgium
.
he
grew
a
better
beard
than
me
.
eight
years
ago
his
mother
left
a
comment
on
his
facebook
page
asking
if
anyone
knew
where
he
was
.
no
one
answered
.
every
year
the
same
six
friends
say
the
same
six
things
on
his
birthday
,
but
he
never
says
anything
back
.
so
who's
the
quiet
one
now
?
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