Nippy slips through the meadow
plucking buttercups as he goes
looking for their shadows
between the dandelions in lateral rows
it's the afternoon
school is out for the day

a time for tea with the Madhatter looms
and whistles through empty rooms
midnight madness and a future of sadness
leaving it all behind
looking for some piece of mind

snow rides followed by Hot Chocolate
and Yuletide glow to youth relate
forever sealed without knowing
hopes and dreams forever glowing
imposters fill the room
the future looms

blythe innocence corrupted dives off the Calvert Street Bridge
by the Shoreham Hotel


leaving an empty space
that no one can replace
and few remember
save for me and Susan Scott

the apache kid