Remember that boy
& his inspiration?
Remember that boy
& our invitation?
Remember that boy?
Without hesitation…
Remember that boy
& you remember temptation.
But I don’t know that boy
& he doesn’t know me.
The boy faded out
& set us both free.
But then why am I writing
of his faded memory?
Whatever Whatever
will be will be.
Written by Jason Wright
January 3, 2000
For Nate:
Someone that I don’t really know, whose appearances are always brief and electric, who I wanted before I knew his name and long before his sweetest confession.
In the late 90s I spent nearly every night at a Denny’s located at 3310 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, which was permanently closed on March 30, 2022, and has since been demolished to make way for a new Chick-fil-A. Gross.
That’s where I knew Nate from. I never knew his last name. I didn’t think I stood a chance with him but he said something really cryptic to me once that turned heads…but I only saw him once after that and it was in passing and he looked like he had really been put through the wringer. It wasn’t the kind of situation where I could talk to him and I never really knew him very well, so he just disappeared from my life. I hope he’s good.