Sunday, March 22, 2009

Remember the 1340s? We were doing a dance called the Catapult.


Remember the 1340s? We were doing a dance called the Catapult.
You always wore brown, the color craze of the decade,
and I was draped in one of those capes that were popular,
the ones with unicorns and pomegranates in needlework.
Everyone would pause for beer and onions in the afternoon,
and at night we would play a game called “Find the Cow.”
Everything was hand-lettered then, not like today.

from "Nostalgia" by Billy Collins, born March 22, 1941

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