Sitting at the sushi bar
remembering way back then...
When you were called in for dinner
not called in on the carpet.
When you had kicked the can
not had your can kicked.
When the ladders you climbed
led to tree houses
and a bird's eye view down your street
not to penthouses
where vultures down on the street eyed you.
When you stayed up all night
telling stories of imaginary monsters
instead of being kept up all night
worrying about real ones.
When you played games
like hide and seek
not where you were game
for those hidden but seeking.
When you laughed
until your sides hurt
instead of laughing
while you hurt inside.
When one hundred was a large number
and where you stopped counting
instead of being so small
that it doesn't even count.
When you pedaled around
your paper route
to finish
as fast as you could
not to run around
and never finish
routing papers.
When you drank
water cool and clear
from the hose
not where you drank
until you were hosed
because it was cool.
When things were boss
and you were not.
Way back then
when sushi swam.
I am tremendously impressed with this writing except for the name and last line, "when sushi swam." I must assume that the line indicates the youth of the sushi before they became a delicacy to eat. The point/counterpoint of this writing is amazing and points to a gifted author.
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