bill callahan
rococo zephyr
she lay beside me like a branch from a tender willow tree i was as still as still as a river could be when a rococo zephyr swept over her and me she watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple light light watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple she did some kind of dance jaunty as a bee i tried to look my best a finch in wild mint vest a fiercer force had wrenched her from where she used to be i caught and caressed the length of her a tender willow branch floatin' on me well maybe this was all was all that meant to be maybe this is all is all that meant to be a rococo zephyr crept up and stepped over her and me well i used to be sort of blind now i can sort of see yeah i used to be sort of blind now i can sort of see