photograph of yourself

think im going for a walk now
feel alittle unsteady
the neon sign on the horizon
rubbing elbows with the moon
and out on the porch
the fly strip is
waving like a flag in the wind

you know
i don't forward
to seeing you again
youll look
like a photograph of yourself
taken from far, far away
i won't know what to do
and i won't know what to say

in the backroom
there is a lamp that hangs over the pool table
and when the fan is on
it swings gently side to side
there is a change in constellations
of balls as we are playing
i see your eye and say nothing
the only thing i can think of saying is....
- ani difranco