Paper Stars

My preschool buddy Charlie somersaults

When he tries to multiply

With an eyebrow towards me

I'm then immediately also four

Memorizing license plates

Throwing numbers at adults to validate

Me and Charlie practice common art

Of pairing intellect

With stomach somersaults

My basement crates of paper accolades

Say I have overclocked the mind

Even when I sense the body isn't fine

There's a jitter the head leaps over

Leasing meaning chasing paper stars

Decorations become a thing you are:

Yellow in the basement

And deaf to the senses