It’s raining, what is god trying to say?
I’m showered but I can’t shave
My clothes feel damp
I hadn’t planned on staying
I don’t have anything I can change
Into. It’s raining, and I’m gloomy.
It’s raining, and I’m waiting
Walking through the overcast
Rooms of your huge house
All empty, I open your closet
And touch your clothes
Some I’ve never kissed before
Some as familiar as your mouth
It’s sad, it’s raining
When you return you will
Take me to the station
The train runs frequently at this hour
The air is weighty with rain
There are ten or twelve ways
For me not to see you again
I’m not sure there’s even one that will work
In our favor, I shouldn’t have come but I came
I needed another night in your bed
You come in wet and sleepy
From your first round of duties
We have 20 minutes to coffee
And drive to the commuter train
We spend the first 10 of them kissing
Your hips thrust against my hands
I have you backed up against the dishwasher
You say Don’t hurt me, as if that were an option
At the station I’m able to get to the west platform
And you pull the car around and wave
You keep pointing to your breasts, no
To your heart where your passions reside
Just as pain rises in the east, a late sunrise
You extend me your open hands. Meaning, what?
What are you, a goddess, trying to say?
That’s the last thing I see as the train arrives
To carries me away to the rest of my life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

      

 


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