You’re home now with friends,
We’ve really missed you, Sue.
You’ve come back before,
We can’t believe it’s you.
Haven’t changed at all,
You’re even looking blue.
Where have you been since
That day in ‘82?
We’re so glad you’re here,
With no blades, pills or brew.
Here are things that came
‘Round after you withdrew:
CDs, selfies
Tablets and Tweets.
Bluetooth, Facebook
Netflix and geeks.
Hip hop, alt rock,
Usher and Wham!
Live Aid, Farm Aid,
Pink and Pearl Jam
LCDs, 1080p,
MTV and HBO.
SSDs, USB,
OMG and LMAO.
Soccer-moms, man-caves
And parents-from-hell.
Couch-potatoes, video-gamers,
Gen-Xers and millennials.
Thinking on it now,
I wish I’d known more, Sue,
‘Bout dependency.
But didn’t have a clue.
We were very young,
Just twenty-one and -two.
Was finishing school,
Didn’t know what to do.
I’m so glad you’re here
We’ll talk like we used to.
Here are things that came
‘Round after you withdrew:
Dahmer, Lecter
Clinton, Forrest Gump,
El Chapo, Sopranos,
Na’vis and Donald Trump.
Hurricane Katrina, Sandy,
The Space Shuttle and Hubble.
Billionaires, Bill Gates,
Black Monday, the dot com bubble.
CTE, PTSD,
Fen-phen and Prozac.
ADD, ED,
Adderall and Viagra.
Gulf War, Balkan War,
bin Laden and Saddam.
9/11, the Taliban,
Drones and dirty bombs.
It’s time to wake up,
On Valentine’s Day, Sue.
‘Twas a lovely dream
Of sitting here with you.
Each time you’ve dropped in,
There has been something new
Going on with us.
We all know this is true.
So glad you were here.
We’ve learned a thing or two.
‘Bout life’s challenges,
Love and friends lost from you.
February 14, 2017
Remembering Susan E. Cunningham (1961-1982).
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