our eyes meet:
i caught my reflection in the corner of your eye
but I looked away
it was like a glimpse through our eyes into our souls
it happened too fast
I didn’t want to look you in the eye
don’t even ask why
I don’t want to lie
but I don’t think it would make a difference
I even think you know why
we both understand
but some things are better left unsaid.

ignore all possible concepts and possibilities ---
ignore Beethoven, the spider, the damnation of Faust ---
just make it, babe, make it:
a house  a car   a belly full of beans
pay your taxes
****
and if you can't ****
copulate.
make money but don't work too
hard --- make somebody else pay to
make it --- and
don't smoke too much but drink enough to
relax, and
stay off the streets
wipe your *** real good
use a lot of toilet paper
it's bad manners to let people know you **** or
could smell like it
if you weren't
careful

close
were we
or
you only to
me...