Twenty-Two - Drink To Me

a phone ringing

so loud

a t-shirt from the late 90's

a typewriter

ran out of ink

the stereo’s still working

in my mind

I keep some fragments

of that book

stolen from the library

no scandal

come on let’s speak up

heroin

was not a problem anymore

trust me

tell me why

the speed of light

certain times

is slower than the worst of thoughts:

we share a lover

and a yet

I’m happy here

even if I miss you

and when the spring caresses my arms

I lie down

sometimes I think of that call

a rough tape recorder

captured our voices

noisy stuff

it makes me smile

the world flips

a girl stops by

a dog running after a stranger

somewhere else

no music playing

now we’re working on a new record

to take it back to

the day before

before

pieces of my youth

pieces we all enjoyed

pieces of memories

pieces of a chat

pieces I will collect

pieces I will compose

pieces I will collect

pieces that won’t be lost

time has stopped for a while

I’ve been waiting for the waves to

cover the shore

and suddenly I realize it’s you

pieces we’ll return

to you