By chris
Date: 2004 Aug 18
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the return trip is always the longest

"sail away with me, honey"...
(david gray)

...on this
our dry sea -
greater albuquerque -
seen from paseo del norte
at rush hour
("this truck is powered
by fry bread"
says the bumper sticker
up ahead)
and how it washes up
against
the base of the sandias
like a rocky beach
oh girl
what we seek
is not out of reach
but close enough to touch
like your face
as i held it five minutes
earlier
and said one last "i love
you
baby"
leaving you then -
one time closer
to never having to leave
you
again