This was an assignment for my English class.

1. Crossroads By Joyce Suthpen Presentation by: Laura Kulm

2. The second half of my life will be to the rind of the old and fading moon . BLACK WHITE

3. The second half of my life will be Over the cracked floor of these years. water desert

4. I will land on my feet this time,

5. knowing at least two languages and who my friends are .

6. I W I L L D R E S S F O R T H e Occasion, A N D My Ha I R Sh A L L be W H A T E V E R C O L O R I P L E A S E

7. Everyone will go on celebrating the old Birthday, counting the years as usual, But I will count myself new from this inception

8. this imprint of my own desire.

9. The second half of my life will be swift, past leaning fence posts, a gravel shoulder, asphalt tickets, the beckon of open road.

10. The second half of my life will be wide-eyed, Fingers shifting through fine sands, Arms loose at my sides, wandering feet.

11. There will be new dreams every night,

12. and the drapes will never be closed.

13. I will toss my string of keys into a deep And old letters into the grate.

14. The second half of my life will be ice breaking up on the river,

15. rain soaking the fields,

16. a hand held out,

17. a fire, and smoke

18. going Upwards, always up.