1000 South Franklin
"1000 South Franklin"
7:30 PM in Kirksville,
The first frozen rain of the year.
My girlfriend left her coat back
In her room and I decided to be a gentleman.
The rain is cold, almost solid,
Plague of a thousand windshields,
And I'm walking through it,
No safety in jacket or umbrella,
And the water comes down in waves
Over the glistening red and black asphault
And chemical orange of streetlights.
She's inside, eating, waiting for my return.
I think she's worried about tonight;
I'm out in the rain, laughing like a madman.
10/19/2005
7:30 PM in Kirksville,
The first frozen rain of the year.
My girlfriend left her coat back
In her room and I decided to be a gentleman.
The rain is cold, almost solid,
Plague of a thousand windshields,
And I'm walking through it,
No safety in jacket or umbrella,
And the water comes down in waves
Over the glistening red and black asphault
And chemical orange of streetlights.
She's inside, eating, waiting for my return.
I think she's worried about tonight;
I'm out in the rain, laughing like a madman.
10/19/2005