Where I'm From
Where I'm from... I'm from the worn-down treehouse From the batting cage and long driveway I am from the red house with the blue door and the pond out front And the s p r a w l i n g yard I am from the twenty-six acres of woods Whose leaves provided solace and comfort I am from campers And motorcycles From Gauthiers And Whitakers I am from athletes and English tea drinkers And from brown eyes From fast drivers I am from Sunday school on Saturday mornings I am from Philip Joseph Gauthier Jr . And Robert Dyson Whitaker Sr . I am from an English trifle And French meat pie From being drafted to Minor League Baseball And from being drafted to the Korean War The brown bunny now turned green after twenty- Three years I am from those moments That took place at the red house, With the blue door, With the pon...