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When I was a boy I repudiated you Your cooties chased you out the crew The innocence across the playground blew I ran and ran and ran Later I was taught how to communicate to you Your dress had black borders and dotted lines I retained the view I remember in that moment my curiosity for you grew Soon we, little men, inscribed our names onto manhood Its hard surface wore my pencil dull and no good At bonfire we threw in our graphite and wood I watched it burn and burn and burn By adolescence I turned despondently shy On a shadow of descry over your moniker My drab feelings moored, to an anchor, Swayed back and forth out in the middle of the water As a young man I sat and listened to her voice On that day my pencil lead and made a choice It walked out the boat and drew uniformed waves colliding under a mountainous view to rejoice And I wrote and wrote and wrote