cully surroga he's almost blindnone day his eyes just went dimnhow could such a terrible think occurnwhen his mother took such care of him?nnshe cherished himnshe nourished himnshe praised him to the skiesnshe polished his mind and his bodynso he would be both strong and wisenshe saw to it he had a bicyclento develop his arms and legsnshe read him thoreau and theosophynshe fed him organic eggsnshe saw to it he took his vitamin pillsnfive one-a-days every daynhe choked every time he swallowed themnbut she never heardnhim say one wordnbut hey mom that's okay okay onhey mom that's okay okay onhey mom that's okay okay onhey mom hey mom hey mom that's okaynnshe made him take up yoganfor the strength and the meditationnshe saw to it he ate greens and beadsnfor good eliminationnhe happened to hate those beans and greensnbut she never never never never heardnhim say not one damn word against themnbut hey mom that's okaynnone day she got this notionnif he stared direct at the sunnhe'd get his energy right from the sourcenit would shoot through his brain like a gun nlike a gunnand universal light she criednwill penetrate your cellsnand it will ring throughout your bodynjust like metaphysical bellsnand you'll be better builtnand you'll be better readnand you'll be better able to runnand then in the little leaguenand then in the basketballnyou'll be the graduate number onenmother's sonnyou'll be the graduate number onenmother's sonnnwell he stared at the sun dear mothernhe stared every day for an hourntill the sphere began to fadenand the light lost most of its powernand the day went dimndear god dear mothernand the sweet sun slipped awaynand there ain't no sun no more no morenthere's just a ball of greynnhe wrote that for some reasonnwhatevernhe can't recallndear mom he wrotenthere ain't no sunnhe wrote it on a men's room wallnno more sun he wrotenno more shine he wrotenjust a ball of greynother than that mom i'm doin' fineni take my vitamins five a dayni hang out in bookstores like i shouldni meet some well read girls that waynmy elimination is very goodnso there's nothin' more to say to saynbut hey mom that's okay okay onhey mom that's okay okay onhey mom that's okay okay onhey mom hey mom hey mom that's okayn