BOYHOOD WONDERS
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Discovered firecrackers when young,
Shot them off in our garage…
The grease, oil and gasoline
Stored would have made a bonfire large!
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Grew up next door to a happy blonde
We imagined adventure trails…
We grew older and more distant
And the boyish charm fails.
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Some boys came along and out of spite
The broke my MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. set…
Why they wanted to do it
I haven’t figured out yet!
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The other two kids looked down on the third member
Of the STATE HOSPITAL THREE”…
I was only twenty-seventh out of two-sixty one,
A “failure” academically.
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A classmate of mine needed hospital care,
Recognized the Chaplain’s last name…
The Chaplain told his younger son
Who on several visits came.
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I’m sorry to my classmates,
I haven’t kept in touch…
The wonderful times alleged
For me weren’t so much.
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–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 