Day: August 10, 2026

I remember how hot she was in high school
and how I would have loved to have been with her.

But now sixty two years later if I saw her I’d
never recognize her,

and she probably wouldn’t recognize me. And
if I’d been with her, it probably wouldn’t have

lasted anyway, and if it did and we married
and she died before me, my heart would have

been broken in a million pieces and just like
Humpty Dumpty I’d never be able to put those

pieces back together again. So maybe it’s
better I never got with her sixty two years ago.

Bob Boyd

On a news video I saw a hippo lunge
out of the water and with his mouth

wide open tip over a silver fishing boat
with a shocked and frightened man in it.

The man emerged and grabbed onto
the tipped over boat and climbed on it,

and I thought for sure the hippo was
going to resurface and kill him,

but on a boat nearby two men had
rifles shouldered,

and the hippo just vanished under
the water.

Maybe he tipped over the boat just
for a prank,

or maybe he saw the men with the rifles
and swam away hidden underwater.

Bob Boyd

I used to walk her home when I was in grade school,
third or fourth grade.

I didn’t know what romantic love was all about then
but I remember it felt good talking to her.

I lost touch with her after grade school, and now
I barely remember her.

I think her first name was Susan, and I wish I had
gotten to know her better when I was older, and

I wonder where she is now, how her life went, and
I hope Susan’s life went well.

Bob Boyd