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Theodore Vargo

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Published: Oct 12, 2009

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^{1
theo was twelve
he used to pretend his thumbs were
alligators
when he jumped rope
he always tripped the third time
it swung
he lugged around a scarlet blanket
saying it was his super cape
saying one day he'll save lives
theo was twelve when he died.

2
vargo was his name
he had a red firetruck
and when he pushed a button
the lights would flash, sirens would sound
how ironic
he was found
dead in a house fire.

3
Iszak is thirty and a half
he liked to color on sidewalks when he was
a kid
the dust of the colors would fade in the wind
he always tried to catch them

he is in an asylum
his eyes wrung free from chalk dust
but he believes if you look hard enough you'll still see his colors.

4
z was short for his real name
he was five when his eyes closed.
they took him to the hospital to
reopen them
but he couldn't see even when they did.
he was diagnosed with schizophrenia
when he was twelve.

he likes to pretend to be everyone else. why do they think
that's a disease?}