"Before We Got Comfortable Saying Love, We Dapped"
By: Londyn GuillotAdapted from Jose' Olivarez's poemPromises of Gold
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We hugged tight, we toasted with too many words..like our drinks.
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we confessed our fears poorly. skipping stones on the lake. something about stones and fathers.
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under our microscopes, we fried ants and gave them to our crushes. we pushed and shoved. we laughed.
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between us and the men we wanted to become, there was a boulder. we couldn't move it with brute strength and so decided it was impossible. we were blaming.
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we never did this in the past! our family is cursed!
why are we blaming? Nothing is cursed!!
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we hung out with the men on our side and it wasn't so bad
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miserable as we were, we were never alone
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thus resolved we could live with our failure if all of us stayed here.
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where we only touched fists and never for long
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The next day...
the boys were happy and their friendship will last forever
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How was your day today?
Great, how about you?
the men are happy and have a great friendship
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In the end, the men were laughing and know that they will have a long-lasting friendship
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