The poem set to music called 1964. Music by Joey Beats of the Non-Prophets fame.

1964

6 years before me / 4 years before he showed her the world

my father hitchhiked

80 miles

from Boston College to Progress Avenue

walking

walking

walking

left hand extended

thumb outward

against November leaves of red / yellow / orange & blue sky



November leaves / crunching beneath his feet



I would have given anything / to see her eyes

as she opened the door�



1974

4 years after me / 1 day after I was given a whole new world

my father flew / 800 miles

from Logan Airport to places not here / Europe



going

going

going



a crying child

behind glass & tarmac / as he takes off into a white & blue sky

glass & tarmac / growing smaller beneath his plane

I would have given anything / for him to wipe my eyes

Instead he closed the door