mandatory things to do post hi skool or kollege or pre-death

"top things to do in iowa after graduating from high school"
eye dare anyone to add anything to it
come on now use your blurry imagination
scratch your reseeding hairline
travel deep in your aging heart anyway

here is the list..........
top things to do in ioway after graduation from high school

* have your picture taken beside the brandon frying pan

* journey to gunder ioway and devour a one pound gunder burger
(spell iowa like the indian tribe ioway)

* canoe the wapsipinicon river from central city to waubeek (gaze-at-the-columbines)

* dance at a meskwakie powwow and wolf down an indian taco

* go fishing without a hook ‘n’ see what you catch

* walk barefoot in the snow

* watch a midnight movie at a drive-in & steam up the windows

* smell the fragrance of a canadian thistle & wild rose & the catalpa tree

* date an amish girl & kiss an ex-nun (could be habit forming)

* take some out-of-state friends snipe hunting

*dance the twist to the beatles song “twist & shout”

* explore effigy mounds(leave a heartfelt gift to the indigenous spirits)

* attend an ioway county fair & eat cotton candy & a footlonghotdog

* watch the movie “rocky horror picture show” in costume (don't be a drag)

* let an ancient indian arrow point discover you

* hear&feel the muzik of buddy holly & the big bopper at the surf ballroom in clear lake

* watch the movies full metal jacket & born on the fourth of july before boot camp

*do the limbo & play co-ed twister

* write a book of poems about your life & experiences & loves in ioway

* play strip poker in reverse......never go skinny dipping with a bowlegged woman

* someday leave flowers on a cemetery grave in potter’s field or a county home or last resting place for patients that were incarcerated at a mental health

* study the colors of a scarlet tanager & listen to a whippoorwill & wear a hawk feather in your hair's plumage

* be ( ) invisible & travel unincoginito as much as possible

*climb a church steeple (on the inside) ‘n’ hear god ring the bells

* vote libertarian at least once & donate to the a.c.l.u. occasionally

* never forget where you came from & who you are

* 'n' remember james joyce's olde irish line...........lovelovestolovelove..........lovers

-michaelandorf