Sleeping In The Flowers: Crushes, Horns, and Passing Notes

They Might Be Giants’ “Sleeping in the Flowers” stirs a flood of ninth-grade crushes, awkward moments, and one daydream that finally came true.

The John Henry tray art. Somewhere between a summer camp mutiny and a Shakespeare-in-the-woods rehearsal. A perfect match for a song about getting weird in public spaces.

Yesterday, I rode a bus home from work while listening to Sleeping In The Flowers. In that moment, a rush of memories surfaced about every girl I’d had a crush on in the 9th grade. Surp…