In the Moonlight - Tracy Bonham

OVER THE GRAPEVINE TWO EUGENE GIRLS SPILLING MARGARITAS ON THE SHAKESPEARE

HEADING HOME FOR SUMMER FEET ON THE DASH THE FUTURE WIDE OPEN BEFORE US IT

WOULD TAKE ME YEARS TO COMPREHEND THE THINGS YOU SAID AS WE APROACHED THE

SOCIETY OF COWS MILLIONS OF COWS ALL WAITING FOR SOMETHING

AND THEY GLOWED IN THE MOONLIGHT

MADE IT TO CORNING AND THEN THE PEUGEOT SHE STARTED TO SPUTTER WE DIDN’T KNOW

WE WOULD SPEND 8 HOURS IN THE TEXACO TIL THEY FINALLY FOUND OUT SHE WAS DRY AS

A BONE DRY AS A BONE

AND THE BARTLES AND JAMES MUST HAVE CLOUDED OUR BRAINS

AND WE GLOWED IN THE MOONLIGHT

STARS IN MY EYES SQUIRRELS IN MY HEAD DIGGING AND BURRYING ALL THE THINGS YOU

SAID AND SAVE IT FOR LATER…

YOU ASKED ME WHY I WAS FLIRTING SO HARD WITH THE GASOLINE MAN I DIDN’T KNOW

HE WASN’T GOOD LOOKING EVEN AS HE SMILED YOU COULD COUNT HIS TEETH ON YOUR ONE

HAND

SO WE STARTED TO GIGGLE LIKE LITTLE GIRLS DO EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT FUNNY

WHEN WE GOT TO MOUNT SHASTA WE HAD TO STOP AND ANTHROPOMORPHISE THE MOUNTAIN

SHE LOOKED SO PRETTY STEADY AND STRONG STANDING ALONE IN HER NIGHTY TALKING TO

GOD TALKIN TO GOD

AND SHE GLOWED IN THE MOONLIGHT

THINKING SHE HAD THE ANSWER WHEN ALL ALONG IT WAS YOU WHO SAID IT IT WAS YOU

WHO SAID IT

TO YOURSELF BE TRUE.

TO YOURSELF BE TRUE