Historical Houses

1990 COPYRIGHT
BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND

WE WALKED WITH WATER WEAPONRY
WITH PLASTIC PISTOL ARMORY
AND MELTED INTO MEMORY
PICTURE PAINTINGS FOR POSTERITY
A DIARY OF OUR HISTORY
WHO CARES TO UNCOVER AND REDISCOVER
WHO DARES TO UNEARTH AND ALLOW REBIRTH
OF SOME THOUGHT WE JOTTED DOWN
AND BURIED BENEATH THE TOWN
BUT LEFT UPON THE GROUND
ATOP SOME MEADOWY MOUND
IN HISTORICAL HOUSES OF INNOCENCE HEAVEN
IN THE SUMMER OF NINETEEN EIGHTY-SEVEN
TOPPLED BY THE SHOT FROM A TOY TOMMY-GUN BLAST
BLESSED WITH AGGRESSIVENESS AND LOST IN THE PAST
YOUTHFUL AND BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AT WAR
A MERRY REMINDER OF WHAT WAS BEFORE
LOOK AT THE PLACES AND LOOK FOR SOME TRACES

RECALL AND REMINISCE HOW IT ENDED LIKE THIS
WE GREW UP, MATURED AND BECAME TIRED AND BORED
SO WE PUT DOWN OUR PLAYTHINGS AND ENDED THE WAR
WITHSTANDING THE WORST OUR ARMIES DISPERSED
AND IN THE RESULT WE BECAME YOUNG ADULTS
BUT WHERE SHALL I GO WITHOUT G.I. JOE
AND WHERE WILL I STAY WITH MY GUNS PUT AWAY
AND WHERE WILL I BE IN THE NEXT CENTURY