quarry
raze we fortify our fragile frames with fat and a fuller coat of fur. some ancestral whisper tells us what we need to know to survive this unforgiving season. our bodies change shape to match the bending of our brains. we hide in the hollow boles of trees and traipse across unloved telephone lines, cheating death by staring into its featureless face without flinching. there are darker woods than these and deeper chasms to be bullied into. here the air, gelid and bejewelled, is still good enough for dreaming. 251204
...
ancasa.reyn on the day
i graduated high school
i went to a classmate's party
afterwards
a number of us
went to a local quarry
where there was live music

at some point
i and the two guys
i came with
walked out onto
one of the floating pontoon docks
just to observe
what was going on
i guess
the next thing i knew
I was in the quarry
shoved by one
of my friends

my glasses found the bottom
i was humiliated
of course

whatever fun
we might have been having
that day
ended with a big splash
and a silent ride home
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