Gregory Corso’s Story
The rst time I went to the country to New Hampshire when I was about eight there was a girl I always used to paddle with a plywood stick. We were in love, so the last night there we undressed in the moonlight and showed each other our bodies, then we ran singing back to the house.
Gregory Corso’s Story - meaning Summary
Childhood Love and Memory
A speaker recalls an early childhood trip to New Hampshire where a simple, intimate connection with a girl becomes a formative memory. The poem presents a vignette of innocent play and tentative affection—paddling, moonlit undressing, and singing as they run back—capturing how small moments of shared physicality and joy imprint as lasting impressions in memory. The tone is nostalgic and straightforward, emphasizing recollection over explanation.
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