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Nineteen MAG

October 1, 2012
By Bobby Beebe BRONZE, Mason, Ohio
Bobby Beebe BRONZE, Mason, Ohio
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Nineteen years old
Private catholic college
Wishing I was Ginsberg
Writing Howl
With the angel-headed hipsters
Listening to jazz

Nineteen years old
Wearing Nike sneakers
Wishing I was Dylan
Writing songs
Wearing boots of Spanish leather
Smoking cigarettes

Nineteen years old
Waiting on the weekend
Wishing I was Holden
Leaving this
For the streets of New York City
Watching carousels

Nineteen years old
Cincinnati suburbs
Wishing I was Lincoln
Freeing slaves
Saying we will live forever
Or die by suicide

Nineteen years old
All my friends around me
Wishing I was Charlie
Writing letters
Sticking my head out in the tunnel
Feeling Infinite

Nineteen years old
Standing in a city
Wishing I was Vernon
In a Cabin
Writing thick falsetto poems
Come on skinny love

Nineteen years old
Healthy, Happy, Living
Wishing I was Treplev
Shooting seagulls
And living unrequited
Six feet under ground



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