516 A BIT OF REVIEW BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS ...

 INSIGHT INTO A YOUNG GIRL’S INNER STRIFE ...

Ah sweet mystery of life:

When to raise a shield

Or when to muster the courage

To confront subconscious fear?

That is the question. 

If that is the question

And if readiness is the answer

Then what is THE problem?

THE problem is this:

 As soon as a surge of confusion

Tussles with subconscious fear

A combustible state of negatively charged energy

Stands ready to explode common sense

And now, my friends, Annie and Joseph are about to show you what happens when two symbols of confusion clash against each other, like crashing cymbals—so here it comes—TRUE LOVE’S FIRST IMPASSIONED KISS …

While standing in the alley, staring down at Annie for several seconds, a blushing Joseph blurts out:  Annie—Billy is having a party (this will be their class's first boy and girl date party), and I want you to go with me.

 Needless to say, Annie can't believe her ears.  First of all, she's never been to a boy and girl party.  Secondly, there's no way this tall, handsome, popular Leader of the Pack would choose Miss P over doe-like Hillary or gorgeous Viv!

As enchantment knocks out logic, a nice boy with nerves jangling and a good girl, who’s swooning, are swept into love's magic spell where she can't connect with words to reply, and he fears hearing—no.

Finally, this spell, holding two minds hostage, is pierced by jagged words:  Annie-do-you-wanna go-with-me-or-not?


As Annie’s mind is stuck in a spell bound state of shock, Joseph's boyish hopes turn to ire.  Once defensiveness invades his mind, star struck eyes flash fire as he sputters sharply:  Oh—just forget it!


At this, Annie stirs just enough to blurt out:  Wait!  I wanna go!


With a huge surge of relief at not being rejected, Joseph lunges forward, and swooping Annie around the waist, he yanks this dizzied girl against the length of his body—then while this star crossed pair engage in their very first, impassioned bear hug, twelve year old Joseph plants True Love's First Kiss squarely on his brain dead sweetheart's lips.

I wish my next words were:  They went steady and lived happily ever after—THE END ... But that fantasy is not what reality had in mind.


Instead, impassioned reactions splash back and forth, because neither tussling preteen has a clue how to regain much less maintain emotional control.

As I'm sure you'd like to watch Annie's spontaneous reaction to Captain Hormone's impassioned lip lock, please tune in tomorrow to see why all hell is about to break loose ...  
Good Lord—if only the spirit of Socrates had been soaring overhead puppy love might have had a shot.  If not Socrates, at least fate might have offered up a therapist with knowledge of subconscious devils on the loose ...  but had that been true there would have been little reason for me to write this blog ...  :)