Crushes
I was about 10 years old
and coming home from school.
I remember getting off the streetcar
at the loop by the El Dorado Drive-in Theatre
in Winnipeg’s North Kildonan district
I was asking myself why
my mother didn’t name me Leonard.
I have no idea
where that thought came from
but to my young mind,
it was suddenly the coolest of names.
Soon afterwards, this crush was replaced
by the desire for a Yo-Yo Brand yoyo
with a candy-apple blue finish
which I could not afford.
And then came the crush
that would upend all previous crushes…
Wendy…
a cute little blond my own age
who lived down the lane.
This crush marked the end
of my childhood.
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