sleepovers
the boy with the thorn in his side
My
four
year
-old nephew
and
a
friend
of
his
who
happens
to
be
a
girl
,
are
building
a
fort
out
of
blankets
,
pillows
,
and
couch
cushions. They'll
enjoy
hours
and
hours
of
fun
running
around
like
mad
until
their
weary
little
bodies
come
crashing
down
and
sleep
holds
them
.
010309
...
johnny west
It's
kind
of
funny
...
When
you're
young
,
you
pulsate
with
all
of
this
energy
.
And
when
you've
used
it
all
up
,
you
drop
like
a
wet
rag
.
As
you
get
older
,
the
energy
seems
to
level
itself
out
...until
you've
reached
a
consistent
stream
of
semi
-paralysis.
010309
...
Aimee
I
remember
sleepovers.
Staying
up
all
night
watching
movies
,
playing
games
and
those
inevitable
fits
of
laughter
that
always
seemed
to
creep
in
around
3am
.
finally
around
4am
we'd
decide
to
finally
get
some
sleep
. Sleepovers
are
fun
,
and
i
miss
them
010310
...
carden
i
miss
the
days
of
making
forts
out
of
blankets
and
castles
out
of
pillows
.
i
still
long
for
my
childhood
....
010402
...
bethany
when
i
was
in
7th
grade
i
convinced
my
mother
to
have
a
co-ed
sleepover
i
slept
right
next
to
my
boyfriend
in
sleeping
bags
and
we
made
out
all
night
i
wish
i
could
go
back
there
from
that
point
on
i
thought
it
was
useless
to
have
an
allgirl
sleepover
well
until
freshman
college
year
then
i
had
fun
again
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