09-03-2013, 11:54 PM
How come I'd look silly if I wore
a cyclist outfit like these cyclists at the park?
It's not something I could get away with.
When I wore my JROTC uniform in high school,
the teacher sent me out of class
because the other students were laughing so hard.
I broke the record for the mile run,
and brought our school to best in state
through captaining the track team—
Though I never heard the end of jokes
about having to wear a tank top and short pants.
And the tuxedo I wore at my wedding...
Now I'm alone, sitting at a picnic table
next to a seventeen year old Mexican with eight kids
listening to him watch reruns of Victorious on his portable Nickelodeon.
a cyclist outfit like these cyclists at the park?
It's not something I could get away with.
When I wore my JROTC uniform in high school,
the teacher sent me out of class
because the other students were laughing so hard.
I broke the record for the mile run,
and brought our school to best in state
through captaining the track team—
Though I never heard the end of jokes
about having to wear a tank top and short pants.
And the tuxedo I wore at my wedding...
Now I'm alone, sitting at a picnic table
next to a seventeen year old Mexican with eight kids
listening to him watch reruns of Victorious on his portable Nickelodeon.