Today you wear a black sweater. Standing in the marshy December atmosphere With a cigarette between your two most learned fingers You do not take shame in such a habit But you make it so appealing.
That day you wore a beige knitted number I saw you at dinner, and recognized you right away Your distinctive ****** features peeking out Over the loosely woven yarn that hugs your torso That face I still cannot quite figure out.
I watched that beige collared cloth Hang down your back and angle at your neck As you danced behind that girl I didn’t know And then I watched that same sweater Stumble on over to me, ecstatic to be there I had no reason not to indulge you.
And when you wear your school’s sweater I know you need to belong, and play a part You’re a rugby star, a lettered fraternal success But I also know that grey cotton crew neck Clings closer to you, than I ever will.