#699 - where they are now

 

 

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where they are now

notes for a song

 

we too

 

am walking down that street

climbing stairs in the ankle height

I am on that corner

book’s a big picture I’m in

 

as with the comfort of such arms

missed home, held

stayed office overnight

so could call it a sleepover

 

mummy daddy did

sometimes a tune too

won’t say the words

in fact we tuck

 

lives far themselves from daylight

kind of shorthand now

am driving and there are no brakes

backseat, idle chat for

 

saw my teeth in the x-ray

knew a long time since

how I would live forever

where they are now

 

ourselves with them

as if because of course belief

distracted, catch at their breezes

sail the might main

 

you always wake to this from words

it’s everyone up to the same old

never been before

won’t finish the conversation

 

kettle won’t come to the boil

sometimes float and sometimes fly

here’s a world as well

tell taxi where

 

it isn’t a place on the map

it’s with the childhood wiring

short and stout

there are no clocks

 

no one’s waiting

or ever arrived on time

kind of loss we cultivate

always worth the edge

 

eternity’s not long

no one checks the passports

just happen to be here

missing from and on

 

never know which way to go

come to an understanding

as solid as the air we breathe

here there everywhere

 

                           and gone