Remember?

by Mark L. Butler

In an ancient time,
A man
And his sister
Walked
There,
Across the street,
And they
Saw
Us,
But never laughed
At our hair
We had
Dyed
Green in the night
To match
Our
Eyes,
And we
Shuffled
The
Cards
And strings
And colored lights
Of a
Life-
Time
To turn
And
See
Our Christmas faces,
Reflected,
In the silver
Ripples
And
Garbaged waters
Of
Time
And the
Harbor,
And we ran
Down
The
Sidewalks
And fiberglass
Streets
Till
You
Thought
You would
Drop,
And then,
In
A
Small
Naked room
That smelled
Like
Carpets,
You
Kissed me,
And we started
Your
Child.