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[dewinged]

Okay, humor me for a sec. You know that Paul Simon song, "Me and Julio Down By the School Yard?" What's it about?

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In a classic case of 'misunderstood lyrics', I always thought the chorus ran 'Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard'.

Nah, Capote is full of shit, I think. He links almost everything to homosexuality.

Corona Park, in Flushing, Queens, is the fourth largest park in the NYC area (trivia bit).

I figure his mom found the singer in bed with Rosie and proceeded to have a fit (since it certainly is implied, at least, that they're all underaged, which still fits with 'It's against the law'), dad (who might be a cop or a lawyer, since he 'started the investigation) goes crazy, and the singer can't stay there any more. So he goes down to visit Rosie and Julio (his best friend) before he leaves.

For some reason I always picture some white kid (the singer) playing basketball with a spanish kid (Julio) while this spanish girl (Rosie) looks on, them playing basketball like their lives depended on it while the sun set over this deserted schoolyard on a Saturday night, because it's the last time they'll ever see each other.