Remember Georgie Porgie and walking to school you held my hand across the dry lot Remember I was afraid thinking the threat of his kiss a real one Remember Blue you’re a jew and dad’s C.D. helmet it was white Remember the clover lawns and the bee stings on the bottoms of our feet My first party dress made from my mother’s curtains (shades of Tara) and Carol Tapley next door who destroyed—my best doll at my birthday party I sat and played quietly while you hung from the trees by your scarred knees I danced to the radio (Hempstread, Long Island, NY) Provincetown First Winter, 1976
Hiding Out