and smoke too often
and we've all stopped joking
about drinking too much.
us boys sit and talk about blue collar jobs
or years spent in the infantry
and girls arn't as innocent as they used to be
but there is no more searching
because what it is
is what it is
and I close my eyes
and dream of the day
I can trace ghosted letters on your back
words like simple and subtle
and symbiotic.
