A Love Poem for Sleepaway Camp

Originally written for and performed at Flick Lit: Reel-to-Real Storytelling. 5.11.2016.

It appears in FreezeRay Poetry #14: Putting a Band-Aid on 2017 with Sweet Nerd Poems, 11.2017.

(Please sub “[Redacted]” for “Mike.”)

“Winter into spring 1995, and I, twenty years old, am gathered in our late-night living room filled with Theatre Majors, passing a bowl after popping in our 89 cent VHS rental of our beloved Sleepaway Camp…”