O Adolescence, O Adolescence
I wince before thine incandescence...
When anxious elders swarm about
Crying "Where are you going?", thou answerest "Out,"...
Strewn! All is lost and nothing found
Lord, how thou leavest things around!... (Ogden Nash)

O Adolescence, O Adolescence I wince before thine incandescence... When anxious elders swarm about Crying "Where are you going?", thou answerest "Out,"... Strewn! All is lost and nothing found Lord, how thou leavest things around!...

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