did you enjoy
not talking to anyone
not talking
not being anyone

did you have fun
were you sufficiently tanned
did you lose enough weight
or enough money

did you have fun
staring at palm trees
conifers
red skinned babies
half skinned foreign
women

it's real life too
there's beaches
riches
ice cream sandwiches
things that rhyme
things that don't
but still sound pleasant

i admire you
brave to venture into comfort
into days outside of busy
busy different from busy

into new year's dances
bizarre summers
standing in lines worth waiting for

pink rooms
in shinjuku bars
thailand cowboys
amsterdam alleys

silent nights
in blue ridges
salt flats
memory lane

take me with you next time

to another vacation
to be lost in wherever
feeling like we belong

i'll be no one with you