once we were young dangling our legs off the stone wall dividing your backyard in half.
we got a little older and you ran your father's truck backwards off that same wall.
the truck was fine (until the wheel fell off awhile later) but i daresay you killed a few flowers in the process.
during swimming lessons i never jumped in the pool but a year or two later i fell off the deep end.
you never understood and i doubt you ever will but you've sure as hell stayed.
we both realized what was wrong with everything and that was when we left for war.
sharing music and things that smell wonderful linked-arm goose-stepping down hills lazy sunday afternoons with the rat-tat-tat echoing through the house.
last summer you were cursing for the fun of it in the church parking lot when the pastor showed up
you'll never agree with my stupid *** reasons and i won't say the s-word if you don't want me to.
and in two or three years we'll be full grown adults leaning up against some wall somewhere (probably not the one in your backyard) and i will fish a pack of cigarettes from the bottom of my purse and you will proceed to *** one off me then offer me the use of your vintage lighter
then i expect we'll stand there smoking in silence and we'll both be properly ****** up
you're d-day in a floral dress and i'm a radio signal lost on the airwaves
we're both scraps of destruction whispers of a truce lost in taffeta and lace because we forgot to bring the blood and choked on gunsmoke
we go together like fire and gasoline toxic volatile and having a whole lot of fun in the meantime.