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i remember biking with the homies in the middle of autumn<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Jackson Miller<\/strong>\n \n December 1, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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i\u2019d like to imagine my heart stretching two thousand miles,
\nback to forest floor we trampled with rubber wheels and heavy feelings
\nteardrop tread marks etched for eternity into organic matter,
\neternity of course being until the next rainfall came to wash away
\nour existence. its declaration of near-negligible transformation,
\nthe thing the scholars adorn in gold and call legacy\u2014
\nif the change is to the fields of philosophy or science\u2014
\nthe philosophers and scientists have themselves argued for the term\u2019s meaninglessness,
\nconstructed elaborate argumentative models to render our very being insignificant,
\nfound that the clashing between a mark whose indelibility they crave
\nand the emotionless eraser of logic is only resolved through the gleam of truth
\nand the truth is, with a metal machine whizzing downhill at the speed of sound,
\nthe speed of sound of course being until that brutal smoke of heaviness returns,
\nit doesn\u2019t matter what medals we hang around our decaying bodies
\nbury me among the dirt, let the mushrooms grow from my decomposition,
\nlet the flowers stretch down to where I once felt free,
\nand let them sing in thunder\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 until they too wilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Jackson Miller<\/strong> likes to write things in notebooks sometimes. When he\u2019s not doing that, you might find him outside folding the corners of old books, groaning about the Oxford comma, or listening to Noah Kahan. Originally from Illinois, he is currently a first-year student at USC pursuing a BA in Narrative Studies. You can follow Jackson on Instagram <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-4385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2023","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\ni remember biking with the homies in the middle of autumn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/fall-2023\/i-remember-biking-with-the-homies-in-the-middle-of-autumn-miller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"i remember biking with the homies in the middle of autumn - 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