Nostalgia
Cruising Grand Avenue
“Don’t Stop Believing”
blared through crackling speakers
We were the cool kids
Before the pressure of society
on adolescence
was posted for all to see
and shame was a private thing
felt in bedrooms
kept under covers
In middle age
where we struggle to keep up
with trends and technology
We watch the cool kids
and rejoice in the good ol’ days
and our part in them
when stomping grounds and football fields
were altars and youth our god