Tuesday, June 22, 2010

For My Roommates

Pictures on my wall recall the memories
Of friends and family dear to me

Tank tops and head knocks
Mouths wide open at the sight
At finding a bird so late a night
Cap guns and sappy love songs
College students—no way we’re rich
Singing, “Who will eat my sandwich?”
Horseback rides on down the hall
And laughing our heads off through it all
Girls’ nights in and girls’ nights out
Dirty fish bowl—What’s that about?
A stolen happy birthday pie
A human flipchart—my, oh my
Dance parties at 202
And hanging with my high school crew
Roasting mallows in the dark
At Gneitings’ cabin in Island Park
Austin sings Celine Dion
We make sure that the pie’s all gone
Playing in boxes Finals week
And giving hugs, all cheek-to-cheek
Couches blocking bedroom doors
And banging heads on kitchen floors
Water fights and blue flashlights
Dressing in a crazy way
Our traditional date on Valentine’s Day
Fake engagement rings and s’mores
All these memories and more

It’s so hard to be apart
But you’re always with me in my heart.

TL
2:20am
11 January 2005

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