My window overlooked the quad
But you couldn’t overlook the quad
Not with Kool and the Gang’s Ladies Night
Or Parliament’s Knee Deep
Bouncing off of the walls…the concrete
The tree with the painted on Kappa Diamond
The Quad
Where the likes of Ray-Ray, Face, Karen Sweets, Earl, and Snakey-O-Boy threw down
The swelling crowd told to push back
We had some here but we needed some more
I can still hear the Zeta bells ringing in the air
I can still imagine destination rising to the sky
While wide-eyed freshmen dreamed of the day of joining the circle
The Quad
The place to stand
As you contemplated going to the SUB…to class…the library…or to simply stand still
Allowing LU to fill you
The place to find out what movie was playing in Ware
To bum a quarter for the party
To throw game at a person of interest…gotta move fast…weekend’s coming
The Quad
At year’s end
With boxes and bags
Dragging heavy loads from one dorm to another
A new home
A new experience
But still the Quad serves as the familiar
The place to gather once settled…to begin anew
The Quad
Then, following Commencement
Walking from the gym in your cap and gown
For the last official tie
To pass through and onto the future
Looking forward
To another encounter
With the Quad
End
Guy A. Sims is a PROUD Lincoln University graduate (Class of 1983). He is the author of the novel, Living Just A Little, and the crime novellas, The Cold Hard Cases of Duke Denim. He is also the head writer of the Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline comic book series and the Brotherman graphic novel, Revelation.
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