Bicentennial

     Throughout the group we discussed the first section and the conclusion that was drawn up, was that the author or whoever he is depicting the poem to be about had something to get off of his or her chest. Within the first line it states "moving as a mind moves across a math problem" my interpretation of this is that he or she is thinking of something that ways heavily on their mind. It's like the person longs to be able to say whatever it is they want without having consequences of them being treated differently or it resulting in a tragedy. The author refers many times to his experiences as a kid or to childhood, even the persons own children. The author uses flash backs to express how he feels to again coming to the idea that there is something that needs to be said but their afraid of the outcome.