04-02-2019, 02:39 PM
Fiddleheads and stained glass plastic
Tiffany lights, bicycle tires hanging
perilous like the sword of Damocles
over the bartender's off-color head,
spritzers and lemon drops and Harvey Wallbangers
and a golden-haired girl swaying to the dreck
on the radio: Rupert Holmes - Escape.
I slide, she says yes, we slide,
we sway -- I thirst, we stop,
and in the bathroom she's swaying alone
again. That's how I remember we first met
and how I imagine we'll meet again.
Tiffany lights, bicycle tires hanging
perilous like the sword of Damocles
over the bartender's off-color head,
spritzers and lemon drops and Harvey Wallbangers
and a golden-haired girl swaying to the dreck
on the radio: Rupert Holmes - Escape.
I slide, she says yes, we slide,
we sway -- I thirst, we stop,
and in the bathroom she's swaying alone
again. That's how I remember we first met
and how I imagine we'll meet again.