If I ever am to leave this town
I will bring only one suitcase.
A couple pairs of jeans, an extra pair
of underwear, socks and a few t shirts.
A half dozen books and maybe
a towel (you always need one).
Stuffed in a brown paper bag, which has,
in turn,
been stuffed in the
bottom of my suitcase,
will be all the memories I'm too frightened to leave behind.