miles

i want to tell you about a man
adoring and true
stood beside me while i walked in blue
stuck around to completely understand

the ways of this lady
her corky itches when she was tired
her endless ramblings when she was wired
listened to her hopes, sat beside her in her melancholy

so every once and awhile there was eruption
frustration and pain
some days he wanted to strangle me
some days he just wanted love

so down and down i turned him
and up and up he lifted me
sexiest woman in the room
best dance i ever had

have you ever seen us?
it's like coffee and carrot cake
red bull and rain
we fit like nobody's business
you wouldn't believe it till you saw it with your own eyes

you want to watch love?
watch us when that song plays
take notes

he opens the door
let's me go first
calls when he gets in
asks me to call when i get to where i'm going
makes sure i'm safe

let's me hurt
let's me silly
let's me danger
let's me pretty

no worries he had
regarding me holding my own
rocking my shit and singing out loud
always for me, applauding proud

we climbed a mountain
fought the doubts
we went to brazil with no plan
for a month, just a back pack and my man

yesterdays
such dreams
radiators and the new york machine
everything then so far but so close

remember handcuffs and chairs
fire escapes and an acting class
la bleeding toes
naked italian visitor
naked me
at brunch in a bungalow
us in the snow
a rhinebeck hill
a canada swim
let's drive to baltimore and eat chocolate
let's go the the upper eastside and have brie

the philippines remembers us
as does stickles and brooklyn
the place we saved giant
that little beagle in the window
the tuna melts miss me
the flying saucer has crashed

doing laundry with the neighborhood
on a cold as death day
on a humid as hell day
tow away stickers obnoxiously placed all over your ma's car
told you, you can't park there

carrying our bikes up and down four flights
red rooster nights in the west village
having a beer with heather

pizza pizza pizza
grimaldi's was and always will be the best
or pasta noodles at home
babe, that shit is too hot
always did love my crushed red pepper

such a yesterday

the shower in the kitchen
the busted pipe
the flooded basement
the timbered tree
tom's restraunt and gyoza
the mice
the rats
roaches and hallways
the talks
the conversations
forever, remember?
forever that day, sure was

wow

was i there? was that me?

dinner parties
cooking
cleaning
crying
throwing up
falling
loving
canopy secrets
puppy eyes
taxi cabs
subway trains
leaving for the day
with everything we need
drums
shoes
clothes
hats
books
pens
was that me?
would we recognize us on a crowded street?

could we have packed us up with life in any other way?
in our fashion, always
in our way has always been the only way