Winter '99
By Kenneth R. Cabrieto
          I remember skippin' school every day
          Just so we could chill.
          We lived a ways away
          But we always kept it real.
          I woke up ass early
          To make it to your house.
          As soon as your dad left for work
          You snuck out like a mouse,
          Jumped into my ride,
          We would drive back to my crib -
          Fifty miles away times four times a day -
          And still I didn't care.
          How could I?
          You were mine and every gallon was worth it
          If it meant we could spend some time.
          Did some bedroom business
          Then off to BK or Chik-Fil-A,
          Some shopping at the mall and then a park trip
          Ended each and every day.
          When it came time to bring you home,
          I got sad and I knew I'd be going home alone.
          You'd always page me just to let me know you already missed me.
          When I got home I'd call you up on the phone.
          We'd spend hours conversing.
          Everything was good.
          For x'mas I got you a bubble jacket with a detachable hood.
          It was blue, your favorite color
          And what did you get me?
          Let's try heartbreak
          With a side of misery.

          It all started when I went out of town for vacation.
          You got depressed and started drinking and smoking up again.
          You failed the missing me situation.
          When I got back to VA you were a wreck
          And you had been __________.
          I thought we've be happy to see each other again
          But it was chaos, you could even ask some of my friends.
          They were there and none of them could feel or see the love.

          I ended that shit.

          I didn't have time for these stupid games.
          Went to your house for my stuff the very next day.
          You know I was pissed,
          I'm not even gonna front.
          I treated you like a queen,
          I did whatever you'd want.
          But when push came to shove
          You just went and knocked me away.
          So go ahead and say all your good-byes
          To the one you betrayed.

          -11.15.04