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why do you think that way
all the calculus is done
and the pie is eaten
your sweet Jane is all
tuckered out
you’re feeling lazy

maybe you’re foreign
or you’re native
but the truth
shouldn’t matter to me

he said we have the same shoes
she agreed
bent down
hair in her face
her ring gets caught
in the laces

I don’t know it by you
or from you
you never seemed to like much
of what I did until
I was on your mind

they spot the man a five
he buys a drink and spills
the change across the tile
that’s alright
we’ll donate it
can’t keep it
my drawer can’t be off

I never outran you
just slept in the car
you kept out back
windows cracked
to see
or hope I wouldn’t melt

my legs hurt
she said no worries
took my pants and hung
them on the railing
my shoes still on
like a professional
sleepwalker
you just laughed
and carried on
rubbing your temples
my head hurt too

I held you by the trees
felt straight and alone
all black and blue
her hand on my knee
his on her neck
I felt a little off
just alone and blue
bruised too

man
I’m a skinny dog out
alone in the moonlight
man
oh man
what did I do to get you