Recessional

史逸欣

Recessional

Vienna Teng (史逸欣)

"It's so beautiful here

" she says

"This moment now and this moment

now."

Flannel and satin

my four walls transformed.

But she's looking at me

straight to center

No room at all for any other thought.

And I know I don't want this

oh

I swear I don't want this.

There's a reason not to want this but I forgot.

In the terminal she sleeps on my shoulder

Hair falling forward

mouth all askew.

"Passengers missing

we're looking for you."

And she dreams through the noise

her weight against me

Face pressed into the corduroy grooves.

Maybe it means nothing

maybe it means nothing

Maybe it means nothing

but I'm afraid to move.

>MUSIC<

I want to search for her in the offhand remarks.

Who are you

taking coffee

no sugar?

Who are you

echoing street signs?

Who are you

the stranger in the shell of a lover

Dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?

Oh

words

like rain

how sweet the sound.

"Well anyway

" she says

"I'll see you around..."

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