Kick the Can
The room erupts, and I'm getting impatient.
I wanna say we played hangman on the
backs of paper placemats.
Spent all day kicking a can around the driveway,
as you peeled an orange. Last week three
friends died on the highway.
Isn't it strange.
In time their features start to rearrange.
Isn't it strange.
I loved you once, but now I've forgotten
your face.
Our plants took root just below the soil.
I envy them, their seeds, getting to live un-
seen and hypogeal.
My neighbors take the kayak off their car.
The sun has crossed over the equator.
It's starting to get dark.
Isn't it strange.
In time their features start to rearrange.
Isn't it strange
staying still while all the seasons change.
I wanna say we played hangman on the
backs of paper placemats.
Spent all day kicking a can around the driveway,
as you peeled an orange. Last week three
friends died on the highway.
Isn't it strange.
In time their features start to rearrange.
Isn't it strange.
I loved you once, but now I've forgotten
your face.
Our plants took root just below the soil.
I envy them, their seeds, getting to live un-
seen and hypogeal.
My neighbors take the kayak off their car.
The sun has crossed over the equator.
It's starting to get dark.
Isn't it strange.
In time their features start to rearrange.
Isn't it strange
staying still while all the seasons change.