High School

South Shore High: you know why
name was so apropos
Hallways, always the sweet smell of skunk.

Just how did we get by?
Could we guess, did we know
in our typical teenager funk

that our struggles and fights
will make favorite tales
as we sit by the fire, reminisce

during long winter nights,
and when memory fails
try recalling that first kiss we miss.

Author notes: image generated by author prompt to Gemini