the quest for knowledge

this is a piece with Jamaica Kincaid in mind:

people always say "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" but I saw if the doctors cute screw the fruit; never look down unless their short; play dress up and dance like crazy; don't let anyone tell you what to do; playing sports is the thing to do; wear ankle braces when you play basketball; wear pre-wrap; have school spirit; go to football games; you only live once, make it count; always wash white with white and colors with colors; go to Australia one day and ride a kangaroo; don't wear matching socks; do something crazy; hang out with people you like; make people like you for you; don't ever change, especially for a boy; boys aren't worth tears; tell your good friends your secrets; be careful who you trust; live you life to the fullest; never give up the opportunity to go to the city; go to every part of New York City; have a dog sing like a pop-star and learn kung-foo; eat bread with butter so it will taste bland; laugh at yourself, and never take yourself seriously; always have fun no matter the circumstances; go to Africa and cure a disease; become an astronaut on earth and a doctor in space; never wear a Mets hat always Yankee's; lime green is cool and dull colors are boring; do stuff you like and never settle for less; do your homework; do bungee jumping off the side of a mountain; dress up like a Roman emperor and do the chicken dance; wear a crazy hat and sing a funny song; never listen to anything but your heart; listen to Gaelic music at least once; visit Ireland; be something your not for a day; obsess over boy bands there the way to go; listen to your elders and never say no; meet someone with your same birthday there is someone out there; go down to South America and learn the tango; go to Italy to learn that they did not invent pizza; and then you will soon discover all the pizza place's lie; get a good education; have a great career; become a olympic champion and learn ping-pong; chess is a good thing to learn; tennis is too; florida is the fountain of youth, go there when your old; basketball is a great sport and softball is too; all high schools in shows are fake, they always look too nice; ice cream is the best resort to go for depression; play in the ocean and dive off a cliff; go to a rock concert; learn to row a boat; wear sweatpants all the time, they are the best way of comfort; jeans are the easiest thing to match; pony-tails are your best friend; don't liter or global warming will rise; nikes are the coolest shoes; except for Jordan's when it comes to basketball; have you ever done something you shouldn't?; face your fears or you will live with regret.

whiparound.

dizzy soldier gone tomorrow,

a solid cast best in heaven,

a vampire love and a dream of peace,

friend at fate, brother at heart.

ending of succession terrible fail,

better forgotten at last.

sallow the positive, forget the war.

fall into promise, but gone with heroin,

unconditional love, common end.