We learned the rules
to a game that had already been won
you turned down the lead role
out in the cold became the victim
the afternoon was uninteresting
a light rain fell on Kingston town
I walked the riverside back to the courtyard
watching grey shutters come down
and said
This is what has to happen
when nothing else does
you kept your cool
I kept my distance
when the dust settles
there will only be dust left
I woke up and faced the remaining completion
as soon as you said ‘hey wake up, let’s roll’
you dialed a wrong number
to find him at a wrong home
wrote a letter to the silence between us
as we walked back into town
there was so much silence
there wouldn’t be enough to go around
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