—MEET ME AT THE STREETLIGHT, GONNA TAKE YOU THERE

 

 

Something Else

 

Maybe I

heard wrong

misread or

misremembered

made it up

traded up

catching someone

else’s déjà vu

in my sleep like that

adding

embellishing

fabricating

such a sad sap

it’s probably not

the first time for

either of us

huh

uh-huh

right

dreamers

what say you

and I know I

have to get out

of that phone booth

eventually

especially

these days

germs and all

breath mites and all

spreading from

mouth to mouth

inconspicuously

I have to confess

the picture’s been

pretty well-baked

in my head

what I felt

the raw joy and

what you said

I might be wrong

but I thought it was

something else.