Tie your powder blue checkered sheets,
and dangle them out of your
splintered window frame.
Wire bodies scrambling down,
you and your sister, tan and loud,
bringing ultra-light cigs and
burner flip-phones,
promising *** without
the feeling of being alone.
This is for the chips on your polish,
much like you: red and drawn
by a shaky Saturday night,
where I'm your friend,
unsure and twenty-two,
driving through muddy water
like a submarine submerged in time.
The stereo shouts out Minor Threat,
neon and done, are we, the naked,
parked outside the park
where you wrecked your bike,
we threw mixtapes off the bridge,
where we had fun.
I can still hear our theme song
beyond the headlights
beyond the moans.
Stunned nostalgia
upon the tree bark,
filtering wind we've
released.
