21 February, 2007

2004. [a pantoum]


what souls come nigh
under these stars
while ghosts shiver by
we watch from my car

under these stars
the sky had gone red
we watched from my car
and you thought you were dead

the sky had gone red
while you spoke to me words
you thought you were dead
because life was absurd

while you spoke to me words
I stared into space
you thought life was absurd
we should leave this place

I stared into space
while you toyed with your thumbs
we should leave this place
before we turn deaf blind & dumb

you played with your thumbs
like you played with my nerves
rendered me deaf blind & dumb
so we didn’t disturb

you played with my nerves
so I gave you a sigh
so as not to disturb
what souls may come nigh


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