small town
bright lights
saturday night
pinballs and pool halls flashing their lights. making change behind the counter in a penny arcade
sat the fat girl daughter of virginia and ray
lydia
lydia hid her thoughts like a cat
behind her small eyes sunk deep in her fat. she read romance magazines up in her room
and felt just like sunday on saturday afternoon. but dreaming just comes natural
like the first breath from a baby
like sunshine feeding daisies
like the love hidden deep in your heart. bunk beds
shaved heads
saturday night
a warehouse of strangers with sixty watt lights. staring through the ceiling
just wanting to be
lay one of too many
a young pfc: donald
there were spaces between donald and whatever he said. strangers had forced him to live in his head. he envisioned the details of romantic scenes
after midnight in the stillness of the barracks latrine. hot love
cold love
no love at all. a portrait of guilt is hung on the wall. nothing is wrong
nothing is right. donald and lydia made love that night. love
the made love in the mountains
they made love in the streams
they made love in the valleys
they made love in their dreams. but when they were finished there was nothing to say
'cause mostly they made love from ten miles away.