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| 1 YEAR LATER |
| Together in the crib at high noon R.J. Markie and Tigger 2 The candy store and baby you Dolls on strings and moon people closets Bambi, Spunky, and Little Cat frolics The Explorer Spy Clubs our membership two Glowing red phones and erector set clues Patchette on the beams in our house of green Maggie and Patrick with the painting that screams Talking with Max and Mickey Mouse trains Matchbox races and Monopoly games Towers of blocks and hikes on the trail Caterpillar collections and dealing with snails Brother Joey and his Challenger IV Long paper routes and hearing "Foxmoore" The Hermit's House and the Space Race theme Mountaintop sightings of outer space dreams Andre, Audrey and Sally's caps galore Out on service spreading God's word Red-checkered assemblies and the carpet static charge Muscoda Rd and the big hole in the yard The beach at Waywayanda and Higgins on the hill The smell of kerosene so easy to spill Billet's bike and Harold the Rat Bright eyes droppings and Frobozz the Cat Robin, Rotuno and love letter schemes Hanging in Frenchtown with Bill Cosby creams The hand in the window the lightning so bright Richie did give you such a horrible fright The Mexican Jumping Bean race Boots, Sneakers and Drew's ugly face 505 Old Forge Drive Calena jock parties Daddy's home lets hide General Hospital and Frisco Jones Lehigh Valley Mall is where we called home Brian Cindy crushes Northampton yellow buses Cindy cutting classes Bryant Cindy clashes Fights, yells and silly charades Nail polish weapons and the messes they made Phone taps and girl chat grooves The Main St. grounded blues Messy clothes piles and Puegeut fires Singing in the Northampton choir Pam, Jen, Tracy and the girl's night out Telephone poles and the Bath blackout Tampa tornadoes twisting and turning Cindy and Abbe's higher learning NYU and Girlinda's closet bedroom Grant and Kelly visit and CBGB bedlum Sanding floors in Williamsburg and the linoleum mold nightmare Sammy climbing the ladder without a single care Polygram Scruffy Duffy Heathers calling all the shots Shelly and Sharon are sure emailing a lot Living with Richie at his Pocono palace Those commuting to the city mornings filled with so much malice Back to Bath we go There's the half filled Cokes I know Family tree on the wall To Deuel Hollow we go Woodside and Columbia meeting with your dreams Those damn tiled floors wet around the seams Welcoming your Argentinean man with open arms You introduce me to my love and my forever charm Back to see Pocono, with Nai and the snowplow Pons But you miss Woodside of which you are so fond Ozone finds you Junior, Gato and a job To Brooklyn and World Trade Center now you are with God Richie September 10, 2002 |