Ben Morris

Ellen Samuelson

Sela Patterson

Stupid things we did as children

At age 3

We put gum in our hair,

Ate ants,

And slammed our fingers in car doors

Then at age 5

We controlled our younger siblings,

Fed our dogs chocolate,

And gave our siblings stitches

But at 7

We ran away for thirty minutes at a time,

Ate all the Halloween candy at once,

And were pyromaniacs

At 11, the tween years

We cut our own hair,

Did back flips off swings,

And prank called 9-1-1

After that at age 13

We roller-bladed down huge hills,

Slammed the door when we were grounded

And tried to drive the car

Then at 15

We went pool hopping,

And ding dong ditching,

And almost set the house on fire

Now at 17

We speed on the highway,

Do as we please,

And hope the light stays yellow for one more second.