Central Avenue
actually it wasn't a sad time
when they paved the street where I lived
I liked to see the works and the machinery in full swing
workers installed cement posts
and every thirty meters the lamps made the night shine
it took a little while for the lumberyard he played in
turn into a supermarket
then they threw down the courtyard fence
and then the pear tree was felled
soon the street got too busy
I was banned from riding around on my old bike
could no longer play among the piles of wood
that after all were my ships
my mountains and my castles in the air
no more pear candy
and to this day I still have that flavor in my memory.
but it was only later that i realized
that something very serious was happening
something that would make anyone cry:
the fireflies all disappeared
jokes and games in the street no way
all my great and eternal friends are gone
and with them my childhood said goodbye
leaving, never to return.
Copyright © Marco Chies | Year Posted 2022
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