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Mark M Lichterman

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Smoke in The Wind
by Mark M Lichterman → (All Poetry by Mark M Lichterman)
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Smoke in The Wind

 

She'd never been there, 

at the Evanston

drug store soda fountain

but on that day,

at that time...

 

I'd never been there,

at the Evanston

drug store soda fountain

but on that day,

at that time...

 

Our eyes touching,

the girl on the kitty-corner stool

and myself as I awaited a hot fudge sundae

our eyes touched and held

till moments later,

desperate to meet,

rising from my stool,

going to the girl on the kitty-corner stool

awkward words materialized

then, a prayer answered,

her telephone number given

and later that day a date made.

 

With the first kiss 

for me,

the thought

of this girl on the kitty-corner stool

as a gift from God

when mutual love blossomed

and breathed

the warm vapor

of heart numbing

beauty...

 

Of heart numbing

beauty until...

 

Love blossomed for near a year

until,

as a castle of sand,

as smoke in the wind

love was gone,

gone along with the girl

on the kitty-corner stool.

 

Now,

though the years

are so many...

 

The years so many

that were we to meet

I would not know

the girl on the

kitty-corner stool

though,

still to this day,

though sixty years are gone,

still,

to this day

I sense the warm vapor

of the heart numbing

beauty

of this girl,

the girl on the

kitty-corner stool

whose love,

our love,

gone...

gone

as a castle of sand,

gone

as smoke in the wind,

gone,

the girl on the

kitty-corner stool.

 

 

© January 2012 /Mark M. Lichterman

 

 


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 Reviews of "Smoke in The Wind"
Reviewed by Patrick Granfors
Reviewed on January 3, 2012
Kitty corner is a midwestern phrase but the girl on that stool is a universal constant. Patrick

Reviewed by Joy Hale
Reviewed on January 3, 2012
This is a nostalgic and romantic look back to your youth! We do have soft spots in our hearts for ones we once cared about and for love interests that for some reason did not take place. I remember a handsome young boy named Jimmy...we were elementary school sweethearts and he was tragically killed. I still have his picture and often wonder what would have happened if only... Love this, Mark.

Reviewed by Annabel Sheila
Reviewed on January 3, 2012
There are some people that come into our lives and leave us with unforgettable memories....I sure get this one, Mark! You leave the reader in no doubt as to the depth of your feelings for the beauty you never forgot! Well done!

Your friend,
Anna

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on January 2, 2012
Yep. I know her. See her image every so often. Young love. Gone with the wind. But the memories never leave you. Never. I have quite a collection of these type memories, Mark, just as do you.

Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on January 2, 2012
I know just this place, Mark, just love the ice cream there!
Beautiful reflection ~
Happy New Year,
Christine


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