I Remember

i remember the tree that sat in front of my house that i would climb almost everyday

i remember the first time i met dominic, i remember feeling nervous because he was black, still don't know why but we became friends instantly and still are today.

i remember sitting on the grass during recess as we read calvin and hobbs together. we'd pretend i was calvin and she was hobbs. i remember that nicknames we got for doing so.

i remember always hiding in this closet near our living room on christmas eve trying to see santa. i remember that's how my brother found out santa (supposedly) doesn't exist

i remember every time it rained we would race leaves down the gutter.

i remember my uncles used to pretend they knew chinese around me.

i remember my last day living in the place only now plagued by memories. how we all walked to 711 and got slurpees pretending it was any other night.

i remember being alone.

i remember sunday afternoons playing frisbee and talking for hours

i remember raping N**gas in paris and thinking we were the shiz

i remember geo cashing

i remember DC

i remember the native american i made in third grade.

i remember playing mario party

i remember stratego

i remember the old basketball hoop we had. and after 10+ years the hoop was so bent you could only make it if you hit this one specific shot.

i remember the train wreck that was my 8th grade play.

i remember bump

i remember lighting a couch on fire.

i remember sluffing for the first time and feeling so guilty. (it was seminary)

i remember never wanting this to end.