| The First Girl I Ever Danced With The first girl I ever danced with Died of AIDS last month Sweltering in the Georgia heat With no one from her hometown nearby I know this because her mother Saw me and recognized me in a gas station Last weekend and told me all about it She asked me to tell anyone who asked That I heard her daughter died in a car accident The humidity and heat at that dance Our nervous bodies rocking in loose rhythm And the flush of embarrassment When her mom took a picture of us at age 12 She deserves to be remembered that way And other details forgotten Tonight I will have a drink and think About what a horrible car accident it was |