when are you coming down?

I see your eyes when 

I close my eyes

clouded like summer could rain

I see your eyes when 

I close my eyes

sunlight will not come again

when are you coming down, darling?

summer is fading away

autumn is whirling in dark clouds of starling  

loving is only today

when are you coming down, darling, my darling?

summer is fading away

buildings coming down

here, a slice of steel and glass 

a sky-high stack of offices

a mirror sixteen stories tall

to check your teeth for greenery

buildings coming down [[ pause... ]]

to the seashore

buildings coming down 

to the sea

look, a building knifed in two

a bathtub hanging in the air

this is how the joke plays out

when we are old, when we are grey

buildings tumbling down [[ pause... ]]

to the wrecker

buildings tumbling down

to the sea

the sigh and the shrug 

of a building facade 

melting suddenly 

into the sand

the crack and the roar 

of the air between us

turning suddenly

into a cloud

[[ it might be about aging, or urban renewal, or terrorism ]]

half-moon morning

I could hang my hat

on the corner 

of this sharp half-moon morning

I could sail away

in the belly

of this smooth half-moon boat

If 

you haven't 

looked at this 

morning as 

something you 

choose

don't follow your shoes

there's a sky up there

I could lay my head

on the pillow 

of this soft cloud floating

I could leave forever

on the mountain 

of this island cloud rolling

rolling away

If 

you haven't 

looked at this 

morning as 

something you 

choose

don't follow your shoes

there's a sky up there

under water

each impossible

as the last

cloud roll over 

one million ton

one hundred mile

an hour

press me

into grass

I am too weak

to stand


[[ grammatical irregularities are intentional. ]]