Russ<\/p>\n
Frannie Z<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
To my everlasting fear<\/p>\n
and delight,<\/p>\n
Russ barreled his old Chevrolet<\/p>\n
out of the parking lot<\/p>\n
af 100 miles an hour.<\/p>\n
He and I sang songs<\/p>\n
from the 1950\u2019s and early 1960\u2019s<\/p>\n
on dates and over the phone.<\/p>\n
It broke my heart in two<\/p>\n
when he went with Linda.<\/p>\n
For days<\/p>\n
I cried scrummy tears<\/p>\n
right in class<\/p>\n
and even worse, in gym.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But a few months later<\/p>\n
he sat next to me in Sex Ed.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We put the bed against the door<\/p>\n
in my room<\/p>\n
and explored the possibilities.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Twenty years later<\/p>\n
he asked me out again.<\/p>\n
I said no, but that night<\/p>\n
on the way back<\/p>\n
we sang.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He\u2019s a DJ now<\/p>\n
near LA<\/p>\n
with wife number 3<\/p>\n
behind the golden California door<\/p>\n
of a big classic pink Cadillac.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Cactii flower near his garage,<\/p>\n
And he wears suits<\/p>\n
Instead of black jeans.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
His wife blonds her hair<\/p>\n
And goes running<\/p>\n
After she shops.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Who knows who they\u2019re voting for?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But every time I sing with the radio,<\/p>\n
We still blend.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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