pictures of people you dont remember

he was going through family albums with his mother

                                                         . . . Aunt Frances Uncle Walter . . .

Scarcely remember Maw

. . . Aunt Helen Uncle Gerald . . .

Scarcely Maw

she turned on her hip on the sofa and looked at him   Really?

Sorry Maw I was a little boy when they died

                                                 I have glimmerings of time with them but theyre few  I was a little boy

Id bet the other kids woudnt have a clue

Why you have me look with you

   she hmmmd

Yah

You may be right.

Don get me wrong I love looking at the pictures with you

                                                            They never fail to prompt memories thaya share

Were not really dead until no one talks about us tells stories about us

That’s very, very true.

                               innocently Who told you that?

he threw his arms around her kissed her hard on the mouth

                                                                      You

Me?      

You

gave a bemused smile  I’m smarter than I think.

You are

          You are our historian the repository of memories our families Dad an yours  Ours

I love spending this time with you

Note the other kids make themselves scarce

                                               Albums come out  Adios

Because they don know whosin the pictures

   Cant blame em

I wish they would.

Well Ya got me babe

                       As Sonny an Cher woud sing

   Who?

Stop woudya

               singsang They say were young an we don know we wont find out untiiil we grow

Yah

Oh, oh yes.

See  Youre not a lost cause

                             Show me more theyd be even older pictures people he definitely didnt remember

but she did

1957,  2sday,  14  5. 24

0937,  day-between-2-Ts,  15  5. 24

Sonny and Cher  I’ve Got You, Babe  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxIw58lkHQ