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AnniversaryFor seven days after that first tender kissI spelled your name in my bowls of Alpha BitsI couldn’t sleep and for the rest of the weekI didn’t wash where you’d pecked me on the cheekSaturday afternoon I picked a tall sunflowerAnd met you by the creek to celebrate ourAnniversary, the day it all beganYour hazel eyes smiling wideMe wiping my sweaty hands on my old corduroy pantsThe sweetness and innocence, God, I hope it never endsCos down through the years, days fade and disappearBut nothing stays with me like our anniversaryWe got tired of peckin’ right after junior highYour kisses got deeper one day as the creek rolled byThat day was etched in my dreams as graduation grew closeAnd the water heard me stutter when I proposedCos I kneeled in the mud and the creek stole my flowerThe ring was small but it said I’d remembered ourChorusNow here we are dancing’, just like our wedding dayI peck your cheek and picture us, when we’re old n greyCos time is a tricklin’ creek, where grows a tall sunflowerAnd that flower is the love, we always recall on ourChorus…©2007 Robert George