Wednesday, December 26, 2007

PHOTO LOVE POEMS FOR LOVERS ONLY

WE LOVED EACH OTHER FROM THE MOMENT WE MET, ONE DAY IN LATE FALL OF THAT YEAR IT SNOWED ALMOST EVERYDAY UNTIL THE FIRST OF APRIL, SO MUCH SNOW, SO MUCH SNOW AND NO SNOW SHOVEL, REMEMBER? REMEMBER HOW MANY TAXI DRIVERS LEFT TOWN BECAUSE THEY CLOSE THE CAMPUS DOWN AND THE ONLY LIQUOR STORE IN TOWN RAN OUT OF VODKA FIRST, THEN COLD DUCK, BUT WHO REALLY CARED? NOT US, WE HAD EACH OTHER AND A CELLAR FULL OF BOOTLEG RUM AND THUNDER ROAD MOONSHINE, TWENTY SACKS OF PORTLAND CEMENT, FIVE FIFTHS OF OLD GRANDAD, SEVEN GALLONS OF FOUR ROSES, A KEG OF BLATZ, SEVEN MOGAN DAVID TABLE WINES, RAILROAD CHINA FROM THE LANDLORD'S UNCLE NOBODY KNEW WE HAD. TWO DOZEN BUTANE LIGHTERS, ENOUGH OVERDUE CAMPUS LIBRARY BOOKS TO KEEP US READING IN DAYLIGHT AND MAKING LOVE BY THE FIREPLACE, REMEMBER? REMEMBER THAT WAS THE WINTER THE CAT HAD KITTENS UPSTAIRS UNDER THE GUEST BED NOBODY EVER USED. WHAT YEAR WAS THAT ANYWAY MY DEAR? WHAT YEAR WAS IT WHEN WE STOPPED DRINKING AND DIED OF BORDOM ANYWAY?

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