Look here I've caught your Roman fingers Here, in my stubby shell curves These crooked hands of ours Bent and tangled Oh how you keep me pinned Under your grazing thumbs
Listen now To the sharpness of our breathing Lulling our souls to sleep My ears remembering all the lines in your smile And you, all the freckles in my eyes As the radio babbles on
Feel this My heart beneath my ribs Beating clumsily in my ears Pale hands upon the curve of your neck Soft lips, so close Almost 30 degrees in California There might as well be snow, right?
Taste it all Soft bile on your tongue Injured sarcasm from my lips Heavy handed understandings so hard to grasp
But you needn't worry, my dearling Though your senses scream again No you needn't worry, darling You were only passing through