smoking, exterior, night

I know
lynn is sleeping
in her place near
the river

and i can see inside her
dream,
a picture
that says

LOURD

it's a warning sign
of the fact that,
of course this gets too heavy
to carry,
and hurts our tired backs... and
it's late, yes, but i
wanted to run across the street
anyway
just to see if you were there--it's ok,
though, i told you
yesterday that if i
write it out enough times that
it's real
that i
don't care no
really i
don't it's enough to tell you
i mean me
another time it's
almost morning there's
something stuck in my spokes and
a guy sleeping in a bus shelter
across the street and it means
nothing to me who you're
making eyes at tonight it's
ok, i'm
willing (myself)
to let you go.