Figuring it out (v2)

[hylas]

Figuring it out

I was a lonely child, my dreams were wild
and dangerous: I’d read a Ranger Rick
about Brazil, and wake up wrestling
a hungry anaconda for my life. - entire stanza fantastic

When other children found me odd, I took it
as a compliment—Hello, they’d say,
and I’d recite the phases of the moon - nice edit, this line is much better now
or list the pros and cons of having toes. - another good stanza

When I told them the truth, adults would stare - sounds nicer if you cut "them"
at me, then laugh, embarrassed to remember
how they used to live in trees, how they liked to feel - "they liked to feel" is a bit weak(?) given the intensity of the sensation they're remembering. 
the wind reach out and snatch their breath away—at first, - "their breath away" is a bit cliche. 
I was ashamed. I had no word for it. Later, I would learn - "I had no word for it." is redundant given the next sentence. I'm also confused on how the shame fits in with the "rush of joy" in the final line.
to call this rush of joy a joke. 

past versions
Figuring it out


I was a lonely child, my dreams were wild
and dangerous: I’d read a Ranger Rick
about Brazil, and wake up wrestling
a hungry anaconda for my life.
When other children found me odd, I took it
as a compliment—“Hello,” they’d say,
and I’d recite a fact about the moon
or list the pros and cons of having toes.
Adults, when I told them the truth, would stare
at me, then laugh—later, I would learn
to call this rush of joy a joke. 

I really really liked the original version, but I think v2 is much weaker. The core of the ending is extremely strong, but you've added a bunch of stuff around it in v2 and I don't really understand why.