A Life in T-Shirts

Going through a closet, I was quite surprised to find Several shopping bags of t-shirts That my son had left behind. While looking at them, one by one, I realized they portrayed His entire growing up, through college, Starting in first grade. The school shirts featured P.S. 6, Then Wagner Junior High, With a special few from Stuyvesant, Where high school years flew by. Another group had characters From movies or TV – Pee Wee Herman, Austin Powers And the Simpsons’ family tree. There was Beavis, there was Butthead And the South Park kids, as well As World Series shirts and Yankees; (We’re New Yorkers, you can tell). Favor shirts from his Bar Mitzvah Nestled near the travel trove – Shirts from Scotland and from Israel, Plus some places where we drove. Then the final category, From his favorite billiards hall, Where the hours spent resulted In those plaques upon his wall. As a grown-up and a parent, His collection’s surely grown, But I love these sweet reminders Of his younger self I’ve known.