“Step by Step” by New Kids On The Block.
This is music from 1st grade, 2nd grade.
My friend and I used to listen to them and do cartwheels.
I split my shorts doing cartwheels.
She died when she got COVID.
Most of her family is gone now.
That’s such a cute little alligator.
You had a super soft alligator when you were a baby.
I had a boyfriend in high school that gave me an alligator.
He died too.
There were twins in the group.
Jordan and Jonathan.
I liked Jordan.
I had the action figure.
Joey was the youngest.
Then there was Donnie and Danny.
Donnie is also an actor.
His brother, Mark, was a musician.
And he’s an actor.
He was in that movie where the trees and plants communicated and drove the humans to kill themselves.
I liked that one.
I’ll take that over Tom any day.
We need to remember toothpaste.
I want a drink.
Let’s look at chocolate and the pens.
I want a Pilot VBall BG05.
-Melissa Donley
*This is my brain, abridged, stopping by the drugstore.