Love Poem: Nineteen and Seventy-Six
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Written by: Janetta Harrington

Nineteen and Seventy-Six

the expectation....
is the pain i write
will be only 
a something faintly
remembered

lesson  learned
lesson earned
tied up in a scarlet 
ribbon in my rubble

laughter in the summer 
yellowed as the white i
wore and obscured by my
view of you

playing, laughing... rescuing..
and acting like we were grown-
ups living a life

how much better the 
hot summer used to get
hot...wet...tanned with 
sweat on our lips and
kissing like children at
the fair

playing enough not to
hurt two hearts we
said.......

then....

Forever we spoiled the
summer of 76.

by janetta