Thursday, January 3, 2013

FRESHMAN'S DREAM



so this what freshmen dream about.
forget bodies, futures, a love of your life,
all they want is to leave out the middle term.
in other words, they want it easy --
the thrill of the beginning,
the glory of the end without
the trudging through the thicket.
soon they will learn the merits
of foiling. elusive and real.
(first, outside, inside, last.)
for now it just looks good
they might say or makes sense to me.
but there is no trick to being wrong.
the joy is in the journey and the rest
of that bullshit is true. the rules help
when they help, if you use them.
it’s nearly golden and it’s the simplest
solution out there.

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