A Different Kind of Heat-Pantoum

There’s nothing comparable to a midnight sky,

and a campfire surrounded by friends and Louisiana brush.

Stories are shared along with the occasional spooky one,

but we laugh and cry waiting for the night to never end.

A campfire surrounded by friends and Louisiana brush

only brings us new memories and a change to reminisce.

We laugh and cry waiting for the night to never end,

because tomorrow is the Monday and another week of school.

New memories and a change to reminisce

means making us closer together than we are already,

because tomorrow is the Monday and another week of school.

However, we are still huddled around this fire now.

The fire is making us closer together than we are already,

Which is scary because we are all sharing the same blanket.

However, we are still huddled around this fire now,

and are dreading tomorrow and our bladders.

It is scary that we are all sharing the same blanket,

and don’t understand how someone hasn’t pissed their pants yet.

We sit here dreading tomorrow and our bladders.

The fire sizzles and releases a repulsive odor.

"Stand By Me" Renku

"If Mickey's a mouse,
and if Pluto is a dog,
what the hell's Goofy"

"One food for your life
It's pez, cherry flavored pez.
No doubt about it"

Whether it’s when you’re with your gals or bros trying to decide on what to do on a Friday night, or if you’re having a flirtatious conversation with a significant other, the question of “what’s your favorite movie” is often asked. My answer is often three fold with Donnie Darko, Dead Poet’s Society, and Stand By me. Three very different movies, but one really can never go wrong with a “coming of age” story such as Stand By Me. This movie brings back childhood memories such as tree houses, fire hydrant slip-n-slides, neighborhood treasure hunts, and trips to the Rite Aid for condoms to be used for water balloons. That last one is a tad extraneous, but nonetheless, great childhood memories. In terms of these two renditions of fantastic movie quotations from Stand By Me, what really is Goofy, and if there is one food you would have for the rest of your life, what would it be? Even though Goofy wears clothes and drives a car “he’s a dog, he has to be a dog.” And if I had one food for the rest of my life it would have to be freshly baked Cinnabons. I think I have a little bit of a cinnamon roll obsession to say the least. My birthday is June 25^th; just saying.