and so yes i did go back to where
we'd once balanced
on stools
from the chill night into the buzz
where memory
waitfully pooled
but no right here was
"Brendan"
pouring the gin oh so slick
sizing me up across the bar
said that he'd make me something quick
(and slipped some ginger
in the glass)
asked me to taste for
"a surprise"
but all that the bottom
of the glass cupped
was the reflection of your ice
in the bottom of my glass, still there
that reflection, oh yes
your ice.
oh no i didn't want to talk
i clearly wasn't there
for him
said he'd just read something Chris Kraus
said he'd just watched something Goldin
then he leaned over
took my glass, and lit
the tealight
swift and sly
but all i saw deep in the flame
was the reflection of your ice
so when he turned his back i fled
out of the dream into my night.
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014 at 8:37 AM UTC
and so yes i did go back to where
we'd once balanced
on stools
from the chill night into the buzz
where memory
waitfully pooled
but no right here was
"Brendan"
pouring the gin oh so slick
sizing me up across the bar
said that he'd make me something quick
(and slipped some ginger
in the glass)
asked me to taste for
"a surprise"
but all that the bottom
of the glass cupped
was the reflection of your ice
in the bottom of my glass, still there
that reflection, oh yes
your ice.
oh no i didn't want to talk
i clearly wasn't there
for him
said he'd just read something Chris Kraus
said he'd just watched something Goldin
then he leaned over
took my glass, and lit
the tealight
swift and sly
but all i saw deep in the flame
was the reflection of your ice
so when he turned his back i fled
out of the dream into my night.
