By: Jalon Rowe

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I remember when I first picked up a book; I couldn't read then, but I remembered what

it took. 

I remember when I first picked up a book; the first book being nonfiction, that one had

my worldview shook. 

I remember when I first picked up a book; I thought it wasn’t cool to be nerd, but then

again I don’t follow the herd. 

I remember picking up the hammer, and my father telling me son that’s never the

answer. 

I remember picking it up so slowly and I said dad, “these dudes don’t know me”. 

I remember those long drawn out conversations about 4 by 4 cells and sitting by your

lonely. 

I remember defeating my dark side like it was yesterday, and I always telling myself

there’s better days; I wear the s on my chest like I’m superman going to save the day;

that’s a dc comics line. 

What I want to remember is the person I made myself today, and the opportunities that

paved the way, for the offspring I want to propagate. 

I remember by picking up a book, how comical one decision in life can make you

prosperous, or a crook, because look…