While Picking Up Johann from His Last Day at Middle School (2014)

 As I observe a grassy knoll covered with middle schoolers embracing, high-fiving, snapping pictures, laughing and weeping, and running to each other hastily so as to make sure no one's "goodbye" and "have a great summer" is missed, I'm reminded of an equally timeless observation by Stephen King: “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, did you?"