I came upon an old photograph today—
you were in front of an open door
of the house on West Linden Avenue
where we parted a few days after
returning from an afternoon
of picking through old vinyl albums
and paperback books at garage sales,
the day you bought the Pearl Jam poster
from the old lady with a red ribbon
tied in her hair who claimed
she had once dated Jimi Hendrix
and gave you a free box of incense.
I don’t know why you wouldn’t
look me in the eye
as we left her house
when I said the best songs
on albums were in the beginning,
and you muttered,
“Just like relationships,”
then walked away.
The old lady patted my arm, leaned
in close to my ear and whispered,
“Take a picture, honey, so you don’t forget.”
MICHAEL MINASSIAN lives with his wife in Southern New England. He is a Contributing Editor for Verse-Virtual, an online poetry journal. His poetry collections Time is Not a River, Morning Calm, and A Matter of Timing as well as a chapbook, Jack Pays a Visit, are all available on Amazon. For more information: https://michaelminassian.com
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