Sandcastle poets and middle school know-it-alls
Ideas cobbled together like paper dolls
Professors waiting in the hall
Nothing sudden, slow build
Like a bicycle on an Iowa hill
Like Humpty Dumpty, or Jack & Jill
When you get to the top there’s nothing to do but fall
High top sneakers, demon chat rooms
Zombie brides and frat boy grooms
Cutting cake in a cold tomb
“Could really used to throw the ball
A face with such a view
And friends would always call,”
When you get to the top there’s nothing to do but fall
Canary cocktails, electric shock
Bathroom counter cure-alls
Advice and fortunes, confessions regrets
Scribbled on the walls
When you get to the top there’s nothing to do but fall
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