Thanks to the regularity of my life, to the sometimes tedious but always inviolable calm, and above all, thanks to time which heals all wounds, I have completely recovered from my insanity. There's no doubt that for some months on end I was a bit insane, and only now, when I'm completely recovered, have I learned to relate objectively to everything which I did during my brief insanity.

22 February 2012
- detroit
- poetry
- poem
- school
Inside this pencil
O is arguing with Q
because Q is a circle
with a line in it.

Inside this pencil
A is stabbing P
for no real reason.

Inside this pencil
M is playing tag
with W and L

L is about to be
turned into Leon.
Inside this pencil

D is about to be
a donut and B
is burning up

W which was
about to be wood.

Leon Higgins
Grade 5, Mark Twain Academy

—
“The Inside”

Leon Higgins
Grade 5, Mark Twain Academy
Detroit, MI