Karen Peterson Karen Peterson

No galoshes in this weather

Ponytails as wet as straw

Muddy Mary Jane shoes ruined leather

Every Wednesday we went to school with money

Our moms gave us three dollars to make a school deposit

Remember that bully who stole my paper bag lunch

You didn’t laugh when he locked me in the coat closet

Karen Peterson Karen Peterson

You were the only person to love Laurel & Hardy

On your birthday you always got expensive gifts

On my birthday you were the only one to attend my party

I cried when you moved away when we were eight

I never heard from you not even one line

Surprise,  surprise I’m at your gate

Your sixty-seven now I want you to be mine

by Joseph Lipkind