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Defying Predictability

With hair ablaze
a jester unconfined.
I scoffed at the mundane 
its life declined.
My wardrobe 
a riot
a rhapsody bold.
Mismatched socks my standard 
stories untold.

In classrooms of tedium 
rules I'd defy
Grasping forbidden knowledge 
'neath watchful sky.
Craving for wisdom in 
esoteric wells.
Chased squirrels with saws 
casting fanciful spells!

Detentions for antics 
the school's icy stare
Derided in classrooms 
a spirit too rare.
Math teacher's scorn 
a job painting lines foretold.
I retorted, "How much does it pay?" 
- detention took hold.

Mom asked me why I never brought my girls home?
I chuckled and said, "They're not the type to be shown!"
The wild ones 
the rebels 
the ones full of flame.
Not the kind for a dinner
not the ones with a name.

Misfits my comrades 
a menagerie strange.
United in chaos 
defying the change.
Years danced in a blur a pantomime bright
But a disquieting word a sense of not quite right.

A whirlwind of antics a panoply grand
Impromptu escapes with career-shifting sands.
Near-death encounters with fauna 
a squirrel, perhaps?
But the thrill 
oh the thrill 
fueled my madcap laps!

The thrill of the unexpected 
a fading strain
A gnawing suspicion 
a predictable bane.
The mask I had crafted 
of rebellion's grand guise.
Cracked and revealed 
the truth in my eyes.

The jester unmasked with a lesson I gained.
That the extraordinary in the ordinary 
can be just plain.
No longer I chase the fantastical dream...
But accept the real where 
beauty can stream.

For the truest defiance lies not in the fight.
But accepting oneself in the ordinary light.
So here I stand 
flaws and all 
unashamed.
The laughter remains though the fantasy's tamed.

With lessons in tow I'll mend and I'll mend.
Explore the mundane and find joy till the end.
For the greatest adventure 
in life's simple quest...
Is finding the magic 
within one's own breast.

Copyright © Daniel Henry Rodgers

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