once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
That was the year Father Tracy
took all the kids to the zpp
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born
with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a
Valentine signed with a row of X's
and he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him into bed at night
And was always there to do it
Once on a white paper with blue lines
And he called it "Autumn"
because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
and his teacher gave him an A
and told him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because of it's new paint
that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left the butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses
with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed
when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why
his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him into bed at night
when he cried for him to do it
Once on a paper torn from his notebook
And he called it "Innocence: A Question"
because that was the question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A
and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end
making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed
And the girl around the corner
That made him cough when he kissed her
because that was the think to do
And at three A.M. he tucked himself into bed
his father snoring soundly
That's way on the back of a brown paper bag
And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"
Because that's what it was really all about
and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
he could make it to the kitchen
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