Good Morning, Starshine

Avvvvvast, me hearties!

All this t-time, been playing p-pirates! P-P-Pirates with...with Mmmmmitch, Moraaana, Frank, Heeeenry, L, and, ha, B-Blythe, too. Mmmostly heroes, some wrong men. We found the t-treasure chest! Nnnnow we spend it on grog. I like grog.

T-Today ammmm tired, though. Today am taking nap. You can b-borrow my hat if you wwwwant, but cannot....keep it. Keh. Not forever, okay?

AAAM

OOOON

B-BOAT,

ARR!

I hhhhhave a hook....annnd a p-pirate hat! Fuuun! Fun, ffffun...

Who wwwants to p-play with me?


~*~*~

B-Better than the other d-days.....b-b-better than him. Him, he came, he came and he t-talked to me. To d-die, to be reborn, to undo. Innnn my room. He ffffollowed me....

Ffffollowed me....

Keh.

Hid alone. B-But......B-But friend Mitch came. Came and sssat with me. Scared, woe! Woe, b-but we shared. I ssssaw, he saw...

We are b-brothers now. My brother Mitch. Scorned, burrrned, tried annd hanged. I ammm bursting through with hhhhappines....that he saw. For once, not alone. For once...with a b-brother.

~*~*~

B-Blythe....oh, she, oh, she........

She is.....sssso kind, so ---- like a koh mmmother. Helped me fffrom Mello.

And now....

And now....

*weeps*

I-I-I wwwwish to play nnnnow. To ssstop the bad thoughts, please.

I wr-wrote a p-p-p-poem for mmmy friends. Everyone shares. Mmmme too! I l-learned mannny new words.......fffrom Frank's books. I wish t-to share mmmy wisdom. Some say, some ssay - dumb. I hope not. I have experience....yess? D-Does thisss make me d-dumb? Not sstupid, I hope.

Mmmy poem...I try....t-to keep Koh my jaw tight. I rehearsed.

Sunshine! Lights shine!
We come from specks.
Derivativessss, filaments
Undying solar ffflares.

BOOM!

We b-burst.
Ta da.

( Private To Asgard )

( Canto XIII )

They ssssay....stay inside. They ssssssay...we m-must move in g-g-groups...

But I am...I am t-tired of...hnnng...of hiding. Crying. I hhhave done so little. Very little. Have b-b-been a blot in the sssssunlight of...of our p-people.

Shame.

SSSuch shame.

I wish...to...to mmmake a change. In myssself. For the b-betterment of usss all. The hurts of Will, of M-Mitch, of L, of them all... I am in inner p-peril.

( Private: Mama )