Tuesday, February 07, 2006

You're Never Going to Get Married Unless You Learn to Drink Beer

It's not only this
but the maple syrup in the kitchen,
and the tangles in the back of my hair,
and you looking out the window,
and taking my clothes when you can't find yours,
and the way my clock has been ticking
ever since you fixed it.
And the words you never say,
and the words you don't know how to say,
and the words you don't know how to want to say,
and the way you hate it here
and need to be here.

Sticky fingered child,
Proud little youngest child,
Sad conformed and missing child,
Proud in the morning child,
Sad lonely little child,
Proud looking out the window child.

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