IN THE COMING OF AGE INDIE FLICKS

i like the self-awareness

  & the rude honesty 

  of their pop metaphors

i like the way they dress
  the knits under hoodies 

  & their impossible t-shirts

i like the small town freedom

  the existential bubbles

  & fun in the hospital moments

i like seeing 

  their baby wings bloom 

  all innocent-wise

in the coming-of-age indie flicks

with high school only a back pocket stub