as i lean on a chain link fence
overlooking a baseball field
decrepit from disuse
it takes me back.

ten years ago, in high school,
star-gazing in centerfield
with my girlfriend,
under a blanket.

she's been gone for a while,
ever since she left for college
and landed a city job
with a family to match.

i think on simpler times,
when the entire universe
was a pair lightning bugs
circling lazily above us.