Andy's Poem
| Do you remember the tavern we walked to sometimes, late at night? Hoping, though knowing better, that perhaps the heat of these July and August days might have died away, at least a little, or enough for us to notice. Do you remember laughing on Emancipation Day? Laughing at the college boys from Highland Park, and laughing at ourselves... laughing at the future thoughtless How I loved you, then all through the days of summer long ago, when we met, and you chased me with such single-minded determination... until I loved you. We passed the time waiting for the fall, not caring or thinking of September- every day together. In the evenings over a cold supper sharing our thoughts and ourselves. I find such complete joy still, and think back learning your face, the gestures of your hand, wondering about the ways of your secret heart. James DeFord 1992 |