By Jack Joseph Smith
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Childhood turning and an old fachion trip give way to the world's way, where losing imagination and naming realism become linked forms of surrender.
Being ten holds open the possibility of turning around, but that freedom is immediately crossed by someone else's diminishing immagination. The old fachion trip is dismissed, yet going the world's way still arrives as a treat, which gives the page a strange mix of surrender and appetite. The closing lines suggest that realism is always invoked as importance, even when it narrows what can be imagined.
Being 'ten' keeps the option of turning around open, but the page crosses that freedom with someone else's diminishment: 'lose your immagination / Forget about taking and old fachion trip.' The speaker insists 'I did not walk away' and reframes surrender as appetite -- 'It was a treat to go the world's way.' The flat closing aphorism, 'You can't miss important / When you mention realistic', makes realism the word that quietly narrows what can still be imagined.