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Eighteen

from Totem Pole (1995) by p6

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Eighteen years is such an arbitrary time for one to reach "maturity."

Three vignettes -- three stages of "maturity."

lyrics

1959

Familiar quiet plops itself
upon our civic afternoon
Reach down to fetch a lemonade
from the porch's knotty, cork-filled grin

Kitty darts across my lawn
in plain pursuit of nothing
A gleam from the Edsel slips right by
As an acorn dives into the freshly paved parkway

1977

Johnny sits upon a curb
watching leaf canoes drift by
And off, somewhere, a mockingbird
celebrates the clearing sky

School bus pulls up and sighs relief
Another demon gone
And Johnny's day is a little brighter
Skip on home with the big kids, John!

1995

Wake up to screams of neighbors' kids
and mouth is mighty dry
A fresh new patch of piercing green
brings landlord into mind

Add a hole to this old house
The flies have got to go
Across the way a mother cries
Around her men in black take notes

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from Totem Pole (1995), track released September 21, 1995
Phil Thompson

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Phil Thompson Albuquerque, New Mexico

99-year-old white male. Six foot two, three. No pants, unkempt... portly.

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