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Brimming with all the hopes and desires of American youth,
He set forth as a leader of sorts.
Just what sorts it is impossible to say at this time.
But he had the imaginary support he needed to venture beyond the
Small enviornment he'd come to know as his home town.
Friends thought him foolish and felt free to frequently tell him so.
Deep down they all felt envy, Envious that he could muster, where they
could not,
The courage that was necessary to embark beyond the motion that survival
was based
Upon the ability to rise at seven a.m. five days a week.
He felt joy. And well he should. He was a "babe in the woods",
and a "kid in a candy store". All at the same time.
The world was his oyster and he planned to cover it with Tabasco, and
slurp it
Down with his cake hole all within an "El Sobrante fortnight".
Definition of an "El Sobrante fortnight" is yet to be determined.
But reliable sources say the time to span is somewhere between two weeks
and a decade
He set forth as a leader of sorts.
Just what sorts it is impossible to say at this time.
But he had the imaginary support he needed to venture beyond the
Small enviornment he'd come to know as his home town.
Deep down they all felt envy, Envious that he could muster, where they
could not,
The courage that was necessary to embark beyond the motion that survival
was based
Upon the ability to rise at seven a.m. five days a week.
and a "kid in a candy store". All at the same time.
The world was his oyster and he planned to cover it with Tabasco, and
slurp it
Down with his cake hole all within an "El Sobrante fortnight".
But reliable sources say the time to span is somewhere between two weeks
and a decade
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Submitted by
russian On May 15, 2006
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A dreamer, whom probly indulges in himself much more than he should. That indulgance burned up a good hunk of his life.
Possibly a powerful buisness man running an important corporation that obviously need the employees (and himself) attention at seven a.m. five days a week. His 'El Sobrante fortnight' is probably a binge of drugs or alcohol that will last two weeks to a decade, he doesnt know when for sure.
Our young protagonist is one of many who doesn't know what he wants in life but understands that if he stays in his small hometown he won't find it. He leaves against the advice of those he knows and ends up in a place that looks like it will help him achieve his dream, whatever it turns out to be. He is a "babe in the woods" insofar as he has no idea what kind of challenges he's in for, and a "kid in a candy store" in that he's not afraid to face them. It doesn't matter if it takes him two weeks or ten years, he's going to find his purpose and fulfill it.