Lament for a Classmate

I knew you when you were a child,

I don’t recall you,

Although I tried,

 

Were you were sweet,

While I was wild,

The precious pet of the classroom kind,

 

An image of a smiling child,

I beheld your face,

Like my soul sighed,

 

I knew you when you were a child,

I don’t recall you,

Although I tried.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Lament for a Classmate was written in 2015, notwithstanding a few later minor alterations, in response to the passing of a classmate whose name remained with me over the decades, but of whom I had - and still have - little memory. 

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