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The Winter of 88

by Jon Chambers

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it was the winter of 88
they used to swap as every year
you take Christmas I'll take turkey day
A failed loves truce
and we were living it up on Tinker Hill
with that brother of mine in my dog Harley
a blue eye the other green
love digs its roots.
Mother had a friends at the plant
they were selling little boys need army men
Santa's trash bags was full

In the night before Christmas glow stumbled a hidden character
weaving dreams in child's eye of a war between toy soldiers
I could see them now set up on the floor for both of us to discover
The robots fought the GI Joes like the family fight each other

thank God for the squeal on the brakes
that old garbage truck flew my mother awake
and the house was in flames
How many breaths does it take
but i came to saw a face
Hey there I know you, we must lose this place
Brother head out with no shoes
knew what he had to do he cut the dog loose
then ran to the neighbors with news
Leaving childhood in his tracks

when it came to us like a flash in the pan
we didn't linger behind a narrow lens
we grabbed the pictures where it all began
a troubled child raising troubled men
the fire roared little heros fell
I'd lie if I didn't know the smell
Of this bitter sweet melted memory

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released January 1, 2022
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