June to October

{,.)

he had her crying tonight
the memory of an old love
and how it use to be
brand new

.
and how it died from
sexual religious repression

.
the choice of the 1950s:
A life of quiet desperation
or separation

.
Her sadness of knowing
he has not yet found the step

.
over to satisfaction:
of what was was
and what is is

.
she’ll say a little prayer

to boot