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While cleaning my family’s place in Chula Vista, my brother stumbled upon a few writing assignments from when I was in first and second grade.

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Rain

The rain is raining all around,
It falls on feild and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas hear,
And on ships at sea.

[January 30, 1981. Second grade. A literal drawing of the poem is rendered on the back in crayon and pencil on construction paper]

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Untitled

I will plant a garden this summer. It will have a lot of vegetables. It will also have a lot of worms.

[c. 1979. First grade]

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Untitled (short story)

One day, it rained cats and dogs– real cats and real dogs! That day, it was sunny. When I went outside to play, but then… the cats and dogs came! I caught A dog and took it home with me. I named the dog rufus.

[January 29, 1980. First grade]

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What we’ve learned: I am a born Dadaist, am naturally inclined to write poetry which features careful use of rhyme and meter, and have always misused ellipses. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.