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--- D A N I E L N E S T E R After a premature sundown from a storm After touching cracked glass, cutting myself After a shirt filled with poison After throwing pennies at the foot of a cherub fountain After learning the second titles of everything After looking in the peephole at a dead girl, her white skin, her brown hair in the leaves by the river After a soft pretzel with heavy salt After the guard scolded me, pointing at the sign After slapping the columns, their cold white stone After singing in front of my parish After Adam After a picture of him with dreamy, well-read eyes After tracing crayon drawings of Agamemnon After the scary looks of brass horses After a confused look, the glimmer of glass After a Beach Boys singalong on the art museum's steps After tasting a pocket of salt in my cheek After a shirt caked in blood and water After Elton John's smash hit, "Philadelphia Freedom" After small choices of where to go, the muted colors crossing the river After buying a glow-in-the-dark plastic saber After waving the green light in my sister's face, striking her After the sore undersides of feet After nuns played Neil Diamond in our living room After pressing on a wall with all my weight After failing to find out the day of the week After the metronome boredom of the mass After the dry bones of Pharaohs After the knights, the stones in drafty room After praying on a metal table After touching myself in the bathtub After sin, but before Stations of the Cross After I fell on my chin in the dark After I went to the bathroom outside After numerous history lessons on the significance of this day After hot dogs After I was mocked four times in a schoolyard After singing "Fun Fun Fun" to myself After "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." After red streaks and kicked-up dirt After a Rocky-style run up the steps After a woman carried up a jug of water After feeling hungry again, dropped from my father's shoulders |
© crossconnect 1995-2001
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published in association with the
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university of pennsylvania's
kelly writers house
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