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Well you know that I was a little worse for the wear the night we walked down broad boulevards our words becoming New York air. I looked at my feet. I said, “I’m no good at this.” You said, “I don’t really care.” We rode the 6 around, up and down town, pretending we weren’t scared. We swept the park bench of snow and regret. Sharing scars and a cigarette. Union Square I swear to get there, just not yet. And that next night in Brooklyn where we broke in and down. I swear you had more charm in those Gatsby green eyes than in this old tourist town. You looked at your hands. “Did he just see us there?” I said, “I don’t really care.” Then you blushed, I rushed, “dear old barkeep, get us out of here!” We cleared the park bench of snow and regret. Sharing scars and a cigarette. Union Square I swear to get there, just not yet. I know we’ve been so damn far from home for much too long. “Home is just where you’re loved, a place where you belong…or so I’ve heard.” And you just laughed. I said, “hey, maybe I’m wrong.” You said, “cheers to being home all along.” Now I’m an airport vagrant crossing terminals to waste time. Reading books I don’t care a damn about, it’s you that’s on my mind. Departure signs are all lit up to go but I ain’t going home. Why am I always so fucking high when I’m so damn low? But just last night in Brooklyn where we should have raced the fire escapes and ran like hell from our company swell enough to practice their debates. Your eyes like fire when you asked my plans. You said, “hey, I’d understand…” I said, “stop right there. My cards. I’m showing my hand.” Union Square. I’ve got a burnt up matchbook and a hand full of dimes for the trial. Union Square. You got a ragged old dress and that Audrey Hepburn smile. It’ll have to do for a little while. And it’ll do for a little while.

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from Dear Dionysus, Sweet Aphrodite, released September 10, 2013

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