Pickup trucks, 80s music, and teenage delinquency<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur\u2019s\u201d was our hangout<\/p>\n
\u201cParty at Arthur\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n
Traveling down dirt roads,<\/p>\n
windows down<\/p>\n
somewhere among a maze of county roads<\/p>\n
and cornfields,<\/p>\n
we arrived<\/p>\n
at \u201cArthur\u2019s\u201d.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Talking with friends,<\/p>\n
meeting new ones,<\/p>\n
smoking Virginia Slims Light Menthol<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He hosted many parties<\/p>\n
for us country kids<\/p>\n
with keg beer,<\/p>\n
pick up trucks,<\/p>\n
and boomboxes.<\/p>\n
Banana clips, friendship bracelets,<\/p>\n
Aqua Net overload,<\/p>\n
marathon makeout sessions . . .<\/p>\n
Arthur witnessed it all.<\/p>\n
My heart sank when,<\/p>\n
years after I moved away,<\/p>\n
I read that \u201cArthur\u201d had to be torn down.<\/p>\n
I sure miss that tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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