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The Prairie Light ReviewVolume 30 | Number 1 Article 5810-1-2009I, Like a ChildRussell EmmertFollow this and additional works at: http://dc.cod.edu/plrThis Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. It has been accepted for inclusion inThe Prairie Light Review by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. For more information, please contact koteles@cod.edu.Recommended CitationEmmert, Russell (2010) "I, Like a Child," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 30: No. 1, Article 58.Available at: http://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol30/iss1/58The Prairie Light Review 59The Prairie Light Review58I, Like a ChildRussel Emmert...it was just me sniffling at that lake,watching the lucky sun set itself  in the warm,caring hands of  the horizon, where it feltcomfort after burning all daylike coming home to a wife.A couple leaves fell slow like tears,and the grassy distance looked likea silhouette of  a man with a stubbled chin—but the clouds divorced him and left.Many roses littered the lake(laying seductively with that perfumeof  a real woman with red eye shadow,red lips and a red light beating my heartinto frenzied, rhythmic desire),but not a single dandelionall dolled up for her one prom night(after working all day to be beautiful)where the rose scents that excited bees and boyslead to the act    that scatteredher innocence   into the windlike a child forcing a selfish wishon a selfless woman.buthelpless, groggy, tired and delusionaland debating—my mind becoming increasingly clutteredas i work up my resolve and energyto make sitting up a successand while it is an admittedly bothersome battleof  the mind and bodyirritating, and rather untimelythe struggle between the two are but brief;my decision to forego a good night’s restultimately bestows upon me a sense of  relief,and utter fulfillment.1Emmert: I, Like a ChildProduced by The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2010

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