You weren't meant to read this. You were all meant to read this.

With the same surprised but trying attempt to be polite high pitched "Hey!"
She is not my age, We know nothing about that
Keep walking
on
Next clue to this mystery would be at the end of the corner
With an orange hand telling me what to do
Don't walk, it says.
Fuckit, I'm walking.

Keep walking
I try to remember things that I cannot remember
there are spots in my past that have been blotted out
with ink
into a blue-black abyss
which used to be full of light and dialogue and movement
I can remember a school field trip

You were there
chaperoning
so many kids
Ticks
We were worried about ticks.
Trails paved,
Wheelchair access.
Irises, I was the guardian
the specialist
the look-out
for Irises.

So little
yellow
mostly purple
the prettiest flower
on our hike
our tour
you were there
chaperoning.

Goddamned crosswalk
no one stops
almost get hit
no, wait. they stop
fuckyou, you better stop
punkass BMWs.
Purple, yellow

Some moss, a bridge
you were there
chaperoning.