Jawbreaker

[00:00.83] I rode The Cyclone with the other kids in the choir, and that's when the accident happened
[00:07.46] We were at the top of the loop, when the rollercoaster made this kind of screaming metal sound
[00:14.30] Sparks were shooting all over the place
[00:17.37] And then the screaming and the sparks just stopped
[00:20.68] And there was like this weightlessness
[00:24.51] My heart jumped a gazillion beats a second, but I didn't scream like the other kids, no
[00:30.87] I was just soaking it all in
[00:33.20] 'Cause on a certain level, it was so rad
[00:36.45] Sailing through the air upside down, you could see all the other rides, and it was like
[00:42.64] Something unlocked in me
[00:46.05] My heart just welled out with all this love for everything
[00:51.07] Images and all this feeling flooded into me like
[00:56.17] Like climbing back into my bed in the morning and feeling the heat left over from my body
[01:02.64] Hanging upside down from the monkey bars 'til my head starts to tingle
[01:07.27] Smelling Jiffy markers
[01:10.38] Listening to music and dancing around my room before going out to a party
[01:14.69] And pretending I'm going to have the perfect time
[01:19.13] Finishing an essay, undoing a knot, pizza night, Halloween
[01:25.43] Watching my baby brother dance naked to ABBA
[01:30.68] Being in the choir at the height of the Hallelujah chorus and feeling all the voices rattling my bones
[01:38.86] I started laughing like a crazy person, giddy with endorphins
[01:42.72] It was all dancing leprechauns and rainbows and unicorns
[01:46.87] Streams of chocolate, whirling rides, flashing lights
[01:53.02] There's no shame in loving my small town
[01:59.46] The only good things that happened to me happened in Uranium
[02:05.60] It took a horrible accident for me to realize how goddamn wonderful everything is
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