BEFORE SHE LEAVES FOREVER

I had Spring Rolls, and Yum Nua, 

a Thai Beef salad last night.

We walked out to the cars

Stood there a moment

Then it was time for goodbye

I looked in her face

And then it hit me

How far away Seattle was

How long it would take to walk there

How long it would take
If I had wings
For me to

Fly there

Then I saw her eyes

That’s when it really hit me

And I did the only thing I knew to do

Which was to bury my face in her neck

And cry and

Cry and cry

Cry, cry cry

And look back up

Bury my face in her neck and cry

Look back up

Bury my face in her neck and cry

Look back up

Bury my face in her neck and cry

Look back up

Bury my face in her neck and cry

Then finally after 20 times and I looked back up

And I laughed

“I’ve done this before, haven’t I?”

“Yes daddy”

“When?”

“When I went to college and

"When I got married and

When I went to Denver”

I said “Oh yeah” and I

Buried my face in her neck and cried.

I had had the Spring Rolls, and the

Yum Nua, a Thai Beef salad last night.

She said they might go to
Joe T’s tonight, for Mexican

Before she leaves forever in the morning.
I'll probably have the fajitas.