Childish Things
Station wagons
and Jell-o,
Lucky charms
and Kool-Aid.
Sesame Street
and long hot summers.
Peanut Butter and Jelly,
tuna fish sandwiches,
grilled cheese
and tomato soup.
Black and white TV
with no remote,
blanket forts
and castles made out of refrigerator
boxes.
Cinnamon rolls
and chili
in the Elementary School
cafeteria.
Bicycles,
the Roller Rink,
climbing trees,
the art show in Amon Park.
The library full of books,
magazines, and librarians
who said, “Shhhhh…!”
Where have these golden days
gone?
Only memory remains.
© Anne Westlund
prompt: write an
elegy
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