I had just gotten my new car.
Shiny, silver exterior, soft smooth black inside.
You said you wanted to drive and I said no one drives this car but me
We took off down the road
You were speeding like crazy.
The hills seemed vertical
With crazy curves on them
You said they reminded you of my hair and I said it wasn’t the same at all.
There were gunshots and when I looked into the concrete village parking garage you were shooting someone I went to high school with.
I still don’t know why you did that. He didn’t do anything to you.

We were walking in the woods
Birds sang songs to us but you were singing your own song
Why did you tell me you love me? You have a girlfriend.
She’s my friend but you said it anyway.
There were bright green leaves
They were turning red at their tips
The air felt like fall
But the way you talked to me didn’t.
A dinosaur stomped over
And asked us for directions towards the marketplace.
We didn’t know but he sat down and enjoyed a cigarette with us.
It even made him cough.

Dance music.
The light looked golden around us
The light was golden because it wanted us to be golden
But it didn’t know we already were.
I was wearing something black and sparkly and pretty
My hair moved at the same time, like every piece was attached to every other piece.
You were wearing plaid pants
Your shoes were shiny
The music was inside of us
You spun me and held me backwards
You were going to kiss me I’m sure but I woke up first.

My ears were surprised by your tears on the phone
They fell through the phone line to make me understand how miserable you are.
Were.
Might be.
We talked about you
We talked about me
Your tears fell into my ears from the phone line
But the tissue I was trying to hand you wouldn’t fit through the wires
I jumped through the wires
Swam through the currents
To get to you
Because I’m still that fucking stupid.

-LBR