Hall Ave from Nepenthe by Mines Falls

2009
saw you on the Fourth of July
Blue moons and card games
On a house on Hall Ave that's now empty inside

Roman candles through the night

Pasty skin, hazy eyes
Every sentence staggered through
In the melting candelight
Said, “hey, I'll see you soon”

Hoping to see it through

New England winter nights
Waiting for the flick of the café light
Walking the streets on any occasion
Cribbage games inside

Always the one to lose

Every town
Blanketed in snow
I go out
And you will be out there
In your tall leather boots

After three hundred miles
Left with a physical outline
Resting my feet for hours a day and
Don’t you wanna go outside?

Not here for questioning

Questions
Don’t ask me none
Was my lie not good enough?

2016
What are we missing?
Other friends are married
And witnesses don’t say a thing

My head says to leave you be

But it’s not simple
With your possessions in my room
See you under a clear blue sky
To hear what you’ve been thinking

And you keep your talk beyond us

Beyond us
There’s no beyond us
The light of the moon vanishing

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