Watching School Of Rock As I Turn A Year Older And More Pathetic With You

I close the laptop, the movie half through.
You're already asleep.
Joan Cusack would pronounce Jack Black’s rock n roll dreams dead,
rock n roll dead,
to parents forged by math
and gold stickers.
The children (always)
still believe they can save something
feeling saved themselves,
so what does the rest matter?
What else do you need to know?
Right now you’re stirring, burrowing closer,
wrapping three fingers around my thumb

Lucas Restivo is a writer from Massachusetts. If you'd like to give him money, he will accept it. His Venmo is @Lucas27