“How It Was When We Were,” by Noah Stetzer (Poetry ’14)

Noah Stetzer (Poetry ’14) was recently featured in Hobart. Read an excerpt of “How It Was When We Were” below:

How It Was When We Were

Jeff O told us that he and Brian H split after watching Chasing Amy 
and getting into a fight—by then I was pretty much over my crush 
on Jeff O and I was kind of off and on living with Steve K who I was sort of 
ready to break up with so I deliberately rented Chasing Amy for us to watch 
and then broke up with him (but it had nothing to do with the movie).

I remember I drove to the corner gas station and called Ricky 
(never Rick) my best friend to tell him and he said to meet 
him and Matt M (my other best friend) for a drink so we could recap 
(I had had a crush on Matt M I think before and after this). 

Read the entire poem here: https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/how-it-was-when-we-were