Summer Camp Shiny Things
I’m forty-three and I just got home from summer camp. I attended Summer Camp East, put on by Network for a New Culture and my friends at Chrysalis Community. I didn’t go canoeing or swimming. I didn’t ride horses, although I did hear some rumors about another camper, “Mustang Sarah…”
Here is a starting list of (PG-13) shiny things I collected at camp:
trees rooted around boulders the size of my car
a stick the exact length of the rainfly pole I forgot
a raccoon who thought my tent was a 24 hour convience store
a racoon by the dome
a raccoon who sat at my table at lunch
my tie dyed sheets
genderfluid; gender fluids
“The handwashing stations are now in place.”
the little red “dress”
“The middle is open for shares of any length.”
47 ways to wear a sarong
things to do with a sarong once you’ve taken it off
“Wren’s personal mug–DO NOT USE. I have cooties. More mugs are on the way”
women standing to pee (not covered under gender fluids)
men having to lift their skirts to pee
men in skirts
meal circle song dissenters–”I don’t ‘Fah Who Foraze’”
__________
Complete lyrics to that syrupy Whoville anthem:
Fah Who foraze, Dah Who doraze
Welcome, Christmas, come this way
Fah Who foraze, Dah Who doraze
Welcome, Christmas, Christmas Day
Welcome, Welcome
Fah Who Rah Moos
Welcome, Welcome
Dah Who Dah Moos
Christmas Day is in our grasp
So long as we have hands to clasp
Fah Who foraze, Dah Who doraze
Welcome, Christmas, bring your cheer
Fah Who foraze, Dah Who doraze
Welcome, all Whos far and near
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