This is for you, Cousin Joey

From Memory Box

As I've mentioned before, I used to keep "memory boxes" -- a shoebox containing memorabilia from a particular year. Fun at first but impractical as I got older. I finally decided to go through all of my memory boxes, do a lot of purging (what on earth is this thing and why did I keep it?) and keep a small percentage.

I recently posted a poll on Facebook saying that I was considering trashing some cringeworthy poems written in childhood (and in crayon). Most urged me to keep them. Joey Shoji ("Cousin Joey") encouraged me to post them online so my friends could help me decide.

Hence this post. I'm trying out Google Picasa instead of Flickr because I'm comparing the two services. You can click on the image above to see a bigger version.

Holy cow, I was angsty. And probably mad at my parents at the time, judging from the theme. Heh.

Comments

[Savannah J. Foley]

You know, those really aren't bad poems, given the age they were written. I thought the ending of the first one was quite introspective. ;-)

[Joey]

THANK YOU THANK YOU "COUSIN DEBBIE!!!!!" These made me smile, then cry a little, then smile some more. On the bus. On the way to work.