this
it's an apology letter to the both of us
for how long it took me to let things go
it was not my intention
to make such a production of the emptiness between us
playing tuba on the tombstone of a soprano
to try and keep some dead singer's perspective alive
it's just I could have sworn you had sung me a love song back there
and that you meant it
but I guess some people just chew with their mouths open



(buddy wakefield - hurling crowbirds at mockingbars)