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from miniature miniature golf




I cannot accept miniature gold
And I refuse not to play,
Or let you stop me from playing.

The bonsai tree lives, the old Huffy bike,
My Citizen’s watch, this plasma screen.
I will not leave.

Here I am. The drawbridge is up
The gate is down. A genius kid 
In seven states; ridiculed in the rest.

Oh Wildwood, New Jersey—
Oh Sea Side Heights—
Old Faithful Fountain of Youth!