The Future happened in the 20th Century

 I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I jumped off a bridge and landed on top of a slow moving freight train leaving The South Bronx. The boy I was wanted freedom.

I jumped the Grand Canyon wide spaces of the cargo cars. I ran and jumped from car to car. I leaned forward as if I were on a surfboard when the train rose above the trees.

Freedom was the song running through my hair.

And only the sun was brighter than my smile.

What happened next was unbelievable

Almost Heaven, West Virginia.

As I coughed up blood in a hospital of strangers, I journey the better angel of my nature.

I went home to the boy I was who wanted to be a super hero

Life

To Be Continued

Homelessness Made Easy For Dummies

by Daniel Angel Aponte

of Public School 161

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