1996
black and white on green
two kids dressed up in grad gowns
purloined from elder sibs
captured in a snapshot from the past

somehow i never imagined
that day would never come

2002
black and white on green
lines of gowned teenagers marched
forward into the future
she was there, you weren't

somehow i never imagined
that day without you there

2001
green on black and white
the bright X police sprayed
on tires flattened in the crash
smashed minivan curled around itself

somehow when you left that day
you left without her

2004
memories of black and white
little brother, little sister
one gone, the other grown
salted drops remember

there was a time i never imagined
an anniversary could hurt so much

10/18/2004

Posted on 10/18/2004
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