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Tempus Fugit: Remembering Cheryl T: Music from the Original Blog Soundtrack

Last week, as many of you know, I wrote a series of posts in the “memoir” category I call Tempus Fugit (Time Flies) about a boy, a girl, and their painfully brief schoolyard romance at Coral Park in November of 1972. I called it Tempus Fugit: Remembering Cheryl T – 50 Years Later, and evenContinue reading “Tempus Fugit: Remembering Cheryl T: Music from the Original Blog Soundtrack”

Tempus Fugit: Remembering Cheryl T- 50 Years Later (Epilogue)

I never even talked about Cheryl much with “the girl who came after,” and – I don’t know why the fuck I did this – what little I did say was not true. I don’t remember what cockamamie story I told K the few times that she asked about the girl I had left behind, but I can tell you that I did not tell her about the pink sweater, or that I had cried myself to sleep three nights in a row before starting school at Tropical Elementary on Monday, November 13, 1972.

School, 1972 (Heartsong): Haiku # 10

Afternoon’s cold light Songs played in melancholic keys Remind me of you

School, 1972 (Heartsong): Haiku #9

Auburn hair, loose, brushed Past fair shoulders gently spills Catches morning’s light

School, 1972 Revisited (50 Years Later): Haiku #8

Winter’s coming nears Northern winds bring sad gray skies Tears fall like snowflakes

School, 1972 Revisited (50 Years After): Haiku # 7

Old childhood picture Yellowed, dogeared, still treasured Past heartaches return

School, 1972: Haiku #5

Autumn wind outside In class, young pupils study My gaze locks with yours

School, 1972: Haiku #2

For Cheryl T…Wherever She May Be Winter’s chill comes now Pink wool sweater warms your skin Teardrops fall like leaves

Tempus Fugit: Remembering ‘Cheryl T.’

“Better to have to retrace your steps and then move forward than never to move forward at all.” ― Anne Burack Sayre, The Birthday Book Club Snatching: The Melinda & Simon Series I promised, not too long ago, that I’d tell you a bit more about “Cheryl T,” the cute auburn-haired girl who sat twoContinue reading “Tempus Fugit: Remembering ‘Cheryl T.’”