Dallas

settled cuz I had to:
ate the burnt toast,
downloaded the yahoo
toolbar, got married

sat there as the
wind carried our voices
to Wilkes-Barre,
down the Susquehanna
through the mud
and the coal-blooded
carp

cried for lost days
skinny dipping in
Harvey’s lake when
it felt so good to look
around; before we knew
about the high content
of shit in the water