Orange and Brown
(or: strange being here in this pumpkin field)
Michael Estabrook
30 years ago Tony
M. helped me after Dad died to find
myself, though
he's too polite to acknowledge that now.
Now Marine Captain 6th Dan Karate Black Belt
Tony M. and I find ourselves walking
(of all the places in the world) through
a field of ripened pumpkins, orange and brown,
reminiscing about the old
days and he's telling me the story
of him beating up
the star quarterback of the East Brunswick
High School football team Dan
Something-or-Other because he was
stupid enough to drop a pumpkin
on his head and even after Tony warned
him not to and I'm laughing at
the pumpkin coincidence and from amazement
too about how life goes on and on
dragging us along changing us
or trying to.
