in photos we wear smiles
white bow ties
flap rented gowns like
fab ri cated sha dows
perpetually strolling down
jowett walk
leaves scuff shoes buffed
not long before this
or that morn ing
they daw dle at our feet
the tide drawn in
cannot re treat
transfixed
in a flash
the light
flattens shirts
fattens faces
freezes lips
names came slow ly
or not at al l
when last i called on
col lege halls
this time in
spring time
