so you disappear with the night
without much of a goodbye,
let alone an apology,
before I could speak
whatever magic words
it would have took
for your hand to find mine
for another day.
"I ylno reve detnaw ot
evol uoy reverof,
I ylno reve detnaw uoy ot yats,"
I've run out of tricks,
and you've just ran,
so I guess the vanishing act
is the best that we both got.

When you were pushed into this world,
                                                                                                  .tuo dellup I
When y’all tried to pull me out of the hood,
                                                                                           .sgurd dehsup I
When you asked me to push you on this swing,
                                                      Big Push’s car pulled up in our curb.
When Big Push pointed his gun at you,
                                                                                  .reggirt taht dellup I.
When Big Push dropped dead on our porch,
                                             they pushed me into that dark, damp cell.
When I pushed myself back up,
                                                                                       .yawa dellup lla‘y.
y’all pushed me away.

                                                             Did I
                                                  hguorht llup ylno
                                                           to push
                                                          llup dna
                                                  an empty swing?