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[11 years old]

My best friend lived down the street from me

“Meet me on the middle over here”

Her side was the park, our favorite hideaway, an oasis

Mine was the house with the bushes, where we had all of our races

Every time we passed that house we jumped the bushes like they were hurdles or like they were nothing

Looking at the size of them now, getting over it would really be something

That’s where our friendship started: jumping green

And when it turned into something different, we were still on the same team

Cause those bushes turned to trees

And the game turned into selling weed

And doing ecstasy

And too many triple c's

A little crackhead and a little junkie

My girl has always been the one by my side to prove how much she loves me.

The people you grow up with are the ones you never forget

And when they’re the same people you do drugs with, they will always know you the best

Better than you expect

More intimately than the rest.

My girl’s face stays the same no matter what kind of drug

And I always come back to Earth when I’m fucked up as soon as she gives me a hug.

Perhaps it’s not right that we know we’ll always have each other and we’ll always have someone’s bathroom floor

But we have it and I couldn’t ask for more.

The bushes aren’t the only ones that have grown fuller and brighter

My life has been clicking together, like the sound of a lighter

Because bushes turn to trees

And I turned into me.