I remember when we somehow pulled the drinking fountain off the wall;
The principal never expected that from elementary school kids

I remember when I taught you how to make the flame on a lighter six inches tall
I remember later that night when we were walking,
I threw that lighter on the ground and it made a fireball just like in the movies

I remember when I helped you with the chemistry homework that you didn’t get and vice versa, I had to mask my surprise that you had apparently paid attention to something in school

Someday I’ll see you sitting there on the curb, I don’t remember those marks on your arms, those bags under your eyes, what happened? I remember you wanted to be a police officer or something like that