You were a close call A swift brush with catastrophe As we sat through the sets Smiling at each other as we Mouthed the words to our favorite songs And you paid for my ticket.
Just a close call As we snuck looks Through the stacks of old Dusty records And you talked emphatically About your favorites And I listened admiring your voice
Closer still Than our hands as we Walked through the streets Much more silent than My internal battle on Whether or not to hold your hand (Much to my simultaneous relief and Disappointment, I didn’t)
But I avoided disaster Involving either embarrassment And the torture of rejection twice faced Or the sheer finiteness Of what could have been (I’ve seen how that story Has ended and I’ve Destructed from less)