Where I'm From

I come from the cross country course.
from running spikes and shorts.
I am from the seat soaked singlet
(sopping wet, looking forward to
changing clothes.)
I am from crowded starts
and being nervous, fast out of the gate, passing and getting passed.

I am from Danbury Connecticut and Cape Cod Mass.,
from long car rides and rest stops.
I'm from playing UNO with my cousins,
from sledding down a hill.
I'm from days at the beach
and trivial pursuit with my uncles.

I'm from TWHS theatre,
costumes and rehearsals.
From dark, silent audiences
to the resonant laughing in comedies,
Up in boxland costumes are everywhere,
hats spilling out of closets,
boxes full of ties
and rows of suit jackets.