Monday Night Musings

I remember when Fridays smelt like pizza
and Mondays were exciting.
I remember looking at a boy and deciding
"I'm gonna have a crush on him."
Then telling everyone I knew
not to tell.
I remember when ponytails
just meant pulling your hair up,
and not putting bobby pins in.
I remember when summer
lasted a lifetime,
and school lasted two,
and I remember when missing school
didn't mean getting a part time job of makeup work.

I imagine a blonde
in her world
of school lunch calendars
and late nights til 9.
I see her
in a pink t shirt
at the next door neighbor's
playing her game of witches
and princesses
and fairies
and house.
Then she'll run in
feet dirty and hair a mess
chattering about 100 day
and the mean boy in her class.
I'll just smile
and nod
because I remember when Fridays smelt like pizza.