Cancellations
Pointy european shoes
And airline terminals,
long happy eyeshines
and slow sips from a heavy mug,
floating together over crumbling concrete curbs,
and gentrified pretenses,
life, perfect and fresh-ripe.
A following of a romance
a script unfolding so perfectly,
or perhaps really, just
(shrinkwrapped for extra intensity)
what passed for it in between
those jarring outside interruptions
that paid for it all.
And so it fades, and someday it'll be
that "remember when" we smile about,
somehow the recycled content of the era will seem personal and poignant,
the truth of what was real about the whole parade will shine as if all hearts ran deep.
Yet that slippery little fish will betray you.
One tiny little bone will twist over your tongue
as the story becomes a story in your next story:
If you had wanted me --
Why didn't your actions say so?
And airline terminals,
long happy eyeshines
and slow sips from a heavy mug,
floating together over crumbling concrete curbs,
and gentrified pretenses,
life, perfect and fresh-ripe.
A following of a romance
a script unfolding so perfectly,
or perhaps really, just
(shrinkwrapped for extra intensity)
what passed for it in between
those jarring outside interruptions
that paid for it all.
And so it fades, and someday it'll be
that "remember when" we smile about,
somehow the recycled content of the era will seem personal and poignant,
the truth of what was real about the whole parade will shine as if all hearts ran deep.
Yet that slippery little fish will betray you.
One tiny little bone will twist over your tongue
as the story becomes a story in your next story:
If you had wanted me --
Why didn't your actions say so?