I had thought it might start like this Failing light made the rain Fermentation carved shadows into my eyes We were watching, but it was only one The rhythm was lost in the music On the day not cold enough to dry Half hearts court quarter negatives As your kindness wasted away in film I sought to refresh my memory On the swamps across the street from the dairy With the smell that confirmed each fright Muscular trucks seek to prove a point How close we were When neither wanted What the other had to give