Why do we have to grow up?
I miss knowing nothing about the world.
I miss not caring about not knowing anything about the world.
I miss when girls had cooties.
I miss learning to write my name.
I miss going to Auntie Jossie’s house after school everyday.
I miss eating mayonnaise and ham sandwiches.
I miss watching Dragon Ball Z.
I miss having a crush on that 5th grader.
I miss running away at recess and waiting in front of her classroom just so I could see her. And getting suspended for it.
I miss clogging the toilet with toilet paper and then flushing 50 times and flooding the bathroom. And getting suspended for it.
I miss running away from school. And getting suspended for it.
I miss punching Christian Giron in the crotch. And getting suspended for it.
I miss when I punched that black kid for making fun of my friend. And then feeling terrible because he cried. And then becoming friends by playing Connect 4 together in the office.
I miss being in school plays and hiding behind the curtains.
I miss thinking Roman Brown was a genius for bringing a pillow to school.
I miss when the most difficult decision in life was choosing what color to make my giraffe.
I miss learning multiplication 2 years before I needed to learn it.
I miss learning how to write cursive.
I miss being jealous of people who brought home-lunch.
I miss wanting to sit at the cool table.
I miss wanting to marry Britney Spears.
I miss coming home crying because people at school called me fat.
I miss being best friends with Alex Ramirez.
I miss drawing and talking about dothack with Jesse Erandio.
I miss when the internet was just for games on CartoonNetwork.com.
I miss having a crush on Jennifer Saasdkfajsodfsomething.
I miss the flower I drew for her.
I miss singing with Alvaro.
I miss running around with Alice on Chinese New Years in my little traditional fucking suit thing.
I miss feeling sorry for Thesslion Koon for missing the Halloween parade.
I miss trying to make Carlos feel better during his first day of school while he cried.
I miss when the bravest thing you could do was talk to a girl.
I miss when the bravest thing you could do was jump off the slide.
I miss playing on the play structure.
I miss hide-and-seek.
I miss tag.
I miss foursquare.
I miss lava-monster.
I miss dodge-ball.
I miss begging my parents for a toy, and then not playing with it ever again after 3 days.
I miss getting wedgies from Tiffany and Colleen.
I miss thinking Johnathan was the coolest guy in the world.
I miss thinking my cousin was cool and mysterious for not talking to me.
I miss racing with our Rubik’s Cube at lunch.
I miss being one of the ‘card kids’.
I miss watching Lord of the Rings every weekend.
I miss being proud to bring my report card home to my parents.
I miss everything.
I miss wanting to grow up.



