In Gowan Ring
Leaf Patches on Sidewalks
Do you ever remember that brief autumn stretch
When you’d spend every night that you could?
We slept carless while leaves made patches on sidewalks
How I remember your eyes then
And the torn faded white blanket that we so adored
Do you ever remember
We laughed all night
And I would bite your ankle
Make you cry of laughter
We made forts from the bed that we found at the yard sale
Hid in there ‘til night came so that no one else could see
Do you have any pictures from then?
Do you ever dream about then?
Do you ever feel it now
The way the Wind was that fall?
How I remember your eyes then
And the torn faded white blanket that we so adored