Remember this?

I remember Lionel Richie and Teddy Pendergrass on the backseat of the car.

I remember my first red Duster BMX bike.

I remember eating "suurtjies" off the next door neighbours tree.

I remember the Bionic Six and Robotech and Thundercats

I remember Gypsies and North Star excitements

I remember Pepe, Boys of London and Aca Joe jeans

I remember Utopia, and Club Tonite and Cadillac Jacks

I remember making out in the fire escapes at the Bridge and eating chips in Steers

I remember beating Grey Bloem three times and winning at basketball when no-one thought it was a sport

I remember the basketball courts at Kings Beach, and Splash Festival and the Supertube

I remember Matthews House and the Union and Tri Varsity

I remember blonde pixies dancing on the steps of the Rhodes library and then getting slapped on the PopArt dancefloor

I remember the Monument and Monty and the smell of fix

I remember Grahamstown festival and Cuepix and gay men stalking me

I remember Deck Parties and a tug on my pant leg and strippers taking off their tops while sitting on their boyfriends shoulders

I remember 505 Cape Marina and 703 Matopos and a house in Mill Park

I remember driving to Knysna and starting a new life

I remember the Round Table clubhouse and getting inducted next to the Knysna lagoon

I remember packing everything I own into my little car and leaving the same day my cousin died

I remember doing the same two weeks later and coming to Joburg

I remember the Zoo Lake Bowls Club and drinking with friends

I remember Rosebank and walking to work in Johannesburg

I remember the World Cup and Safa House and Soccer City

I remember kissing in an abandoned room in headquarters and sleeping in fancy hotels

I remember a real romance and having to be grown up

I remember buying my first home and then buying my dream car

I remember trips to Knysna and sleeping late and making love while it the rain danced on a tin roof

I remember you - and you - and you - and YOU!