where and when she was

this is where and when she was 

I remember nothing from yesterday 

but this is where and when she was 

I could draw you a picture 

I could draw a picture of her, 

where and when she was

in a thunderstorm, 

sheltering under 

a bronze monument

on a cross-country bus, 

buried in her hair,

all out of Mississippi

sunburnt on the grass 

at the fire hall field day

after all summer 

clinging to a railing, 

orange shorts, orange shirt, 

orange roller blades

standing waist-deep 

in an Arizona lake 

and watching me back

crossing a street, 

her skirt gently swaying 

as she disappears 

[[ all real images, not all the same person ]]