there was that time in school two of us grown close and comfortable sharing dark beers dreams and visions while we studied and other things absurd
two bright and shining stars
invincible
doing good and righting wrongs
and mostly being seen
anonymous
caped and masked and costumed
long-johns emblazoned with a star
bright and shining of course
donned it once I did
beneath street clothes
for a downtown metro ride
to pick up Thai
a test of sorts
empowered there and back
while others rode
and read or napped
drained and neutral and oblivious
no rights wronged
no goods done
unless you count the Thai delivered
still sparking with potential through the meal shared
until I found that pepper in the Thai
my first
made a scene I did
blazing
and despite my insulation under
after several pitchers drained
neutralised
and oh so obvious
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