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Question: When you grew up, was it all at once!?
At first it was small rocks
and Gladiator sticks
but the frenzy was looming
and we both knew that ten years old
was too young
and he was only eight
so I led the charge!.
The windows
were the best part the noise
pumped blood into our little boy brains
the top of the thing was a mountain
a conquered fear
we hated each other
but we had a connection
a crass and undeniable link!.

Our arms were steam engines
driving that ’57 Chevy into the ground
we took a break on a patch of glass
my fingers bled and I sucked them
we did not speak
our energy surged
again
and we took
the seats by storm
the smell of the foam feeding us
we could not see reason only rage!.

It took us three hours
and I finally spoke “Are you sure
your dad wanted us to junk this thing!?”
he said yes and that lie
carried me home
the phone rang like God
an hour later and I knew at that
moment
that I was only a child!.

It took me three summers
and a couple of scars
to pay for that 1957
Chevy!.
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
"Are we having fun yet!?" Neat poem!.
and no, I think I am still growing up doesn't end, so to speak!.

"the phone rang like God!." never heard that before, good one if you
think of Him as fire and brim stone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You are a child until the world rips the innocence from with in your eyes and heart and replaces it with fear and responsibility!.!.!.!.


grew up over nite when i was 12!.!.!.!.!.!.my outlook on life has therefore repeatedly self destructed since!.!.!.!.!.


i try not to do that to my kids!.!.!.or set them up for that!.!.!.!.repetitive circular demise!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sounded fun and i remember climbing trees, ridin bikes, playing in the dirt with cars, playing with dolls!.!.!.And yes learning to drive the 2 door green '57!. The summer of '62 i had to grow up on the outside but inside i was still just a kid!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the grass was greener!.!.!.!.

!.!.!.!.!.!.back then!.!.!.

!.!.!.and the morning dew was cooler!.!.!.!.!.!.

that i was five when i first cut class!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

!.!.!.!.everything was fine!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. mom and dad was a refuge!.!.!.!.

till one morning!.!.!.!. i had to live a life!.!.!.!.

!.!.!.!.on my own!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
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yuppers!
I was a full grown adult at the tender age of 9!.
I have been trying since age 21 to reclaim my childhood that I forfeited at that tender age!. If I am to be accused of being childish, I shall stand and laugh with glee!.!. as that is what I hope to be!.
Why are we so eager to forfeit fun for the drudgery of responsibility that ensues ever after!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

What a story!.!.!."the phone rang like God," I loved that line, we all remember that call!

Me, yes, it was all at once, one night at age nine in Alaska!.
maWww@QuestionHome@Com

I still build forts in front of the TV,
Three chairs, one sheet and
Enough rations to get me through SNL!.

Your words remind me I'll never grow up!.
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the sounds of youth is always fun to read about!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Tsk,the things boys get up to,roflmao!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I"ll let You know when I do! Heck I"m only 49,plenty of time!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hindsight and a sore behind is indeed 20/20!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

what!? and who!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

OUCH!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Im only 44,so Im not really grown up just yet!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Each step of the wayWww@QuestionHome@Com

yes all in one lifeWww@QuestionHome@Com

but it was fun, right!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was allowed to be a kid and I still allow my inner child to playWww@QuestionHome@Com