How It Was
seven years
gone by
on the eve of the eighth
pre-K
kindergarten
first grade
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
a parent
in the pick-up line
you sit there
the same
but you’re not the same
things have changed
all around you
but you sit there
the same
waiting in line
and you used to pick-up
a little kid
but that little kid is gone
this girl gets in
and she’s wearing contacts
and styling her own hair
without a bow in sight
painting her nails
and toes
and needing privacy
to change her clothes
and we drive down the road
and she doesn’t like my Seger CD
so, we switch to the radio
and listen to a commercial
waiting for it to turn into a song
and she likes this song
it’s a new song
“Every Little Thing”
and I like it, too
it has a story
and like most country songs
it’s about love
some sad song
about love
and how it was
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