Neighborhoods (circa 1962)

[gemini]

Hey, I'm not sure if you want punctuation help but this is what popped up for me: The proper names of flowers are usually capitalized. That would include Lilies of the Valley, Peonies.
And Kedzie and Michigan would be Kedzie Street and Michigan Ave. unless you want this to be read as text messaging (and I suspect you might but I'm not 'cool' so I'm not sure.) Not crazy about the overall punctuation of the poem, but I am traditional. For me, proper punctuation is helpful in reading the poem.

Those are details. Somehow you managed to make me feel part of the neighborhood and it felt safe. Not sure how you did that.
gemini

Neighborhoods (circa 1962)
On Mr. Shell’s side, the lilies of the valley
& blossoming peonies
My mother deeply loved,

& on Mr. Frank’s side,
Though less friendly there,
The hedgerow shades & their visionary forms.

& when Mr. Frank died
That psychiatrist arrived
Who now, looking back, brought a subtle chill.

But still the summer prisms burned through the mists---
So I’d walk around the block
Down Kedzie street, left,

Down to Michigan Av, before turning north,
Heading eastward to the lake, making friends along the way,
Real or imagined & never being lost!