do you remember
that one time in the summer
when we were in your old, smelly car
with the windows all the way down
in that ancient, forgotten town
trapped in the 60's still
and we rolled slowly through it
laughing at the sunshine
smiling at the old people
strolling in the heat
tights chafing
sweating through their baseball caps
fans winking
merrily at us?
and when we came to the edge of it
with all the blossoming trees
and green grass
the railroad lights flashed
and we stopped
and that one song about boogie shoes came on -
my favorite...
and as we watched for ages for the train to racket by
graffitied and dusty
you turned the sound all the way up
and all the bikers and walkers and dogs
waiting for the train to pass as well
danced to our music
the way it blasted through our bodies
washing us in exuberant waves...
i can still feel it.
i remember how you dragged me all over that town
even though i had something important to do
that afternoon...
i loved it all the same.
that day still remains
the feeling of summer
along with the hay rides we used to go on
permeate me on these winter days
that are so full of despair
i can't help but
cut.