THE DOWNSIDE OF MEMORY

IN THE 8TH GRADE, I HURT SOMEBODY...THERE WAS A GIRL WHOSE NAME WAS BONNIE WILLIAMS WHO WENT TO CLARK JR HIGH. SHE WAS SO CUTE, SHE SCARED ME. ONE NIGHT I JUST HAD TO BE CLOSE TO HER HOME, AND SO I RODE UP TO VERDUGO CITY WHERE SHE LIVED.  MY HEART WAS POUNDING.  I STOPPED NEAR CRIPPEN MORTUARY..GETTING TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.  AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, BONNIE WAS OUT ON THE SIDE WALK AND SHE SAW ME........BOB.....SHE CAME RUNNING TO ME.  I WAS IN PANIC.....DEFENSE MECHANISM.....I SAID....."I BET YOU THINK I CAME UP HERE TO SEE YOU."  SHE WAS CRUSHED, HUNG HER HEAD, AND SAID "NO"  SHE THEN WALKED AWAY AND I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.  DAYS LATER I ASKED MISS HALL(VP) OF CLARK WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO BONNIE WILLIAMS AND SHE SAID  "YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO"   THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OF JIMMY DURANTE AND HIS TROUPE STOPPING IN CALABASH, NORTH CAROLINA FOR DINNER.  A CHARMING WAITRESS WAITED ON THEM AND JIMMY WAS SMITTEN WITH HER.  HE NEVER KNEW HER NAME, BUT IN REMEMBRANCE HE CLOSED HIS SHOW WITH "GOOD NIGHT MISS CALABASH, WHERE EVER YOU ARE" MOST PEOPLE NEVER KNEW WHY HE DID THAT.  SO, IN LIKE MANNER....GOOD NIGHT BONNIE WILLIAMS, WHERE EVER YOU ARE...YES, I CAME UP TO SEE YOU...SORRY........B