before you
This poem appeared in print in the Summer 2015 issue of Big Muddy.
before you
it was when I knew everything
it was no deposit
no return and bottles were glass
there was a choice to be made
both on AM and FM
when a screwdriver and some aluminum foil
pulled in HBO and finally there was
good sex on TV
before ketchup was a vegetable before
new coke
old navy and perestroika
before electronic ignition switches
and 24-point service plans
when a man
could get in his car and drive the hell
down the road and never look
would never look back
before I couldn’t do one thing
right powerpoint
crashes in the conference room
it’s too loud in the cubicle
when the numbers aren’t right
when the spreadsheet doesn’t care
before email and ichat
and youtube
and there wasn’t any milk
for the kids’ breakfast and I’m
late for the pick-up
so I do what I can now which is drive
the hell out of that car
like I did before
and you call and you say, just come
home and I come home to you
and I know everything again
Copyright © 2015 Jeff Nesheim 2015 | All Rights Reserved
First appeared in Big Muddy.