Your first college day
Is always spent with me
Marry a preacher listen to Coldplay
But your first kiss at school
Is always me
You got the house with a pool
And all that goes with
But that first freshman sigh
Was when I said Hi
Eyes syncing in silence
Minds racing without license
Exchanging numbers in compliance
—-
Straight home picked up the phone
Fingers possessed rotary flying
Smiling dialing memories filing
Life arranged—said you’d never change
Now away from home—on the range
—
You’ll never be the first date
at college with anyone but me
You’ll never stay up late
for your first kiss at school
With anyone but me
My ear will never feel a nuzzle
Of a nose quite like thee
My heart never solves the puzzle
Why that autumn was a fall for me