the six songs of brick red


we used crayons.
on the concrete.
then I left around noon.
I forgot my hat at your apartment.
it's probably still on your dresser.

I walked towards Ladd's Addition.
SE 34th street.
you know that hill?
with the bricks.

at the top of said lonely hill
I saw a pretty girl walking down.
she was wearing a white sundress and an overcoat, just in case of always rain...
and she had this nice big smile stretching across her world.
she was dumbly gazing forward and up.
and just smiling the most genuine smile in all the world.
I wondered what created that smile.
she danced by and disappeared,
and subsequently, without ever knowing it,
made my day a little bit better.