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A YOUNG ARSON'S TALE
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JOURNAL #21 I do not so readily recall myself at such a
tender age as nine
in fact
it is rather a hazy year in my then remark
less life
nothing stands out as redeemingly grand
or similarly defined
as that from which hailed
such a shortened spans time
I was far more than just likely
a real royal terror
to mine dear sweet beloved mommy
I do know for certain at least that much
after all it is practically a given
as I was never one to for long leave anything
and I do mean ANYTHING UNTOUCHED!
just ask the matches
which to the bathroom's carpet
I laid down each one unlit
and simultaneously struck
why, I'll have you know
I took my job of living up to the
label of 'you little heathen'
quite seriously
much more seriously than I probably should
have anyway
because by the time I was in the third grade
I'll have you know
mine same dear sweet beloved mommy was already
by then quite gray...............
(July 6, 1999)
