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CROHN'S POEMS
TICKETS REMEMBERED I take you to the theater We buy tickets laughing at the lady in line in front of us as she tries for the perfect seats then until the show starts we go to dinner I begin to list all the times I took you to the theater When you were 18 months I sat in the aisle seat so I could leave if you got restless at your cousin's dance recital You were transfixed The curtain went down and you sat there calling "more, more" When you were two I took you to the Nutcracker where I pulled you back just in time as you tried to go over the balcony to get to the dancers And do you remember ANNIE You were five and complained loudly about the seats but loved the show No, you don't remember And you saw CATS and INTO THE WOODS and Molier's THE INVALID Oh, that was funny "and AS YOU LIKE IT," you remind me We are laughing as the salad comes We go to the play and don't we love it Your headache starts near the first intermission But you don't mention it Through the last act it's almost too much you are nauseous but the play is so wonderful you tough it out We run up at the curtain for a closer look as Julie Harris takes her bows on that stage you someday wish to occupy "Do you see her?" I yell, as everyone claps You are happy to have seen her close We go home and you throw up We are awake all night and I remember other tickets that I do not mention The Bolshoi Ballet we sat in intensive care throughout The Moshev Dancers that you spent on your knees in the bathroom We left at intermission and you were to sick to even cry "We missed them," you said "But we saw three dances before we left," I said "The colorful costumes They jumped so high We saw three dances."
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