Just Like That

I’m rocking

Rocking

Rocking

like I used to

right before

we had to run

to catch it

on the last ring

to snatch the phone

off the jack

then call him jack

listen to the radio

not know that this station was

White

or this station was

Black

watch Superman specials

every Sunday night

not remember that

the next day was Monday

Worry on Tuesday night

listen to Aretha croon

Thursday morning

a tune that stopped the clock

make cookies and share them

with your neighbors down the block

sleep so long and deep

you never remembered how you felt

when you woke up

sneak downstairs to catch

Santa Claus

going up the chimney late at night

run outside into the sunshine

with all your fears

sunken into with every pedal

every jump over a wall

into a pond

go rolling down a hill

so far away

not knowing the day

would come

and go

just like that

not knowing the day

would grow old

just like that

did you catch it?