ABOUT: Some, well, acutally most, of this will not make sense to anyone who isn't from the area. It was an English assignment for senior year, where we had to just write about a bunch of things that we remembered from being kids. So this is my collection of the less depressing and life-scarring events of my childhood. Click here to read more poems.

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I Remember
I remember the smell of cookies filling Gramma’s kitchen
    And the little round tins she held them in.
I remember catching snakes and mice in the backyard
    And keeping them in a fish tank.
I remember my many stupid accidents,
    Like riding my bike into a tree branch and clothes-lining myself.
I remember playing football and soccer with the boys
    Because I was the only girl around.
I remember my mother’s many houses,
    Like the one next to the (M)otel in Mattapoisett.
I remember spending Christmas Eve with everyone
    And the living room being piled high with gifts.
I remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
    And owning every bit of merchandise they put out.
I remember Hurricane Bob, and the tree that fell in our front yard
    Leaving us without power for days.
I remember finding a clarinet in my closet,
    And teaching myself how to play.
I remember the Teddy Bear Olympics, Mrs. Hague’s bad breath,
    And always being too early or too late.
I remember fighting with my same friend almost every day,
    Only to make up later on and fight again.
I remember Sherman the Sheep,
    The stuffed animal that’s been through everything and then some.
I remember playing wall ball and four square,
    But I don’t remember the rules to either game.
I remember playing “manhunt”
    And being left alone in my basement in the dark.
I remember being in the sixth grade chorus show
    With Kevin, Sean, Leann, and Spencer.
I remember spending hours in the sand box or on the swings
    With nothing else to do or worry about.
I remember being a child, and being innocent
    And how much easier life was back then.