some are gone, some remain
walks home from St. Joseph's with Patty
7th grade
my mind focused on her
first love
new obsession
banished... Forts, Davy Crocket, Roy Rogers
I did carry her books
she was nice to me but knew i was not the one
she was in a different orbit
it took time for me to see that
but those sunny days
the gray cement sidewalks home
past Carol's house
past Mal's Candy store
past the Cemetery
and Van Rensselar High School
talking and laughing
looking at everything
smelling and
feeling everything
though time
I remember that