The movie was coming to an end
But we were in no rush to shuffle and get up to turn it off
We were solid; comfortably still and both knew
We would stay like that long after the credits
(Inhale, exhale. Your hand on my back slightly moves to the left)
We watch the screen with scrolling eyes
Laughing at the funny-sounding names we spit out loud
Gathering pillow corners in our fingers
And touching them with our noses
(Inhale, Finger tapping, rubbing your foot along the back of mine)
The names turn to nothing but we become entertained
By other things; the way my hair looks now
That I’ve been leaning on it that way
For two and a half hours
And how your eyes look like they have freckles
And I am examining them and trying
To convince you of this
But you say it’s not possible, for your cheeks hold them all
(Exhale, eyes turn away, you smile,
You travel your finger up and down my arm)
And we fall asleep
But not to end the night; to continue it
Because our sleeping bodies know that we’re beside one another
All night long
And that’s how our sleeping bodies like it
(inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale...)