dance a tarantella
from the back of the room i could make out through all the people
a familiar forehead. hair above it that my fingers recognized.
how slow and how murderous the time goes
when there are just
too many bodies between us
soon i see your face come up sliding into place like a window
the flat panels of your eyes
you said they just show me myself
because that's all you feel inside
i can see your nose twitch in recognition
my rabbit waiting behind the rest of the pack
to stave off the foxes and the dogs and the wolves and the owls
its been days and ive forgotten what your voice sounds like
even over a telephone
its been so long i can't tell you the last movie we went to
last i see your mouth
the lips the teeth the smile
and its for me
but i can't quite get there yet
everyone is saying hello and talking about television
or eachother
doesnt matter
we see and we always saw
i feel myself getting closer
there's beer on my shoe now
someone stepped on my toes and didnt say sorry
im coming toward you
but someone grabbed my arm to ask if i was sitting there
i said no
a song comes on that we like
and im so close
to arms around my waist and whispers into my hair and kisses on my face
remember last month
how we drove for 3 hours in the wrong direction
i didnt even get mad that we were lost
and that was the first time
that i ever let something like this go
a familiar forehead. hair above it that my fingers recognized.
how slow and how murderous the time goes
when there are just
too many bodies between us
soon i see your face come up sliding into place like a window
the flat panels of your eyes
you said they just show me myself
because that's all you feel inside
i can see your nose twitch in recognition
my rabbit waiting behind the rest of the pack
to stave off the foxes and the dogs and the wolves and the owls
its been days and ive forgotten what your voice sounds like
even over a telephone
its been so long i can't tell you the last movie we went to
last i see your mouth
the lips the teeth the smile
and its for me
but i can't quite get there yet
everyone is saying hello and talking about television
or eachother
doesnt matter
we see and we always saw
i feel myself getting closer
there's beer on my shoe now
someone stepped on my toes and didnt say sorry
im coming toward you
but someone grabbed my arm to ask if i was sitting there
i said no
a song comes on that we like
and im so close
to arms around my waist and whispers into my hair and kisses on my face
remember last month
how we drove for 3 hours in the wrong direction
i didnt even get mad that we were lost
and that was the first time
that i ever let something like this go