waltz

dance as dance can
i am appreciative of your neglect
it hides the wool
covering my ears
i stood on a microphone
talked to myself enough
to listen to your performance
it was good, every mic drop
you’ve thrown
has been a fist full of copper
dance as dance can

let’s waltz, let’s pretend
stanzas are seconds
(i’d better have faith, i’d better be better)
i’ll listen to raindrops instead
pour gasoline on fingers
baby, tell me baby again
tell it so
(i’d better have faith, i’d better be better)

i’d rather waltz
tango with water
i’d
rather
waltz
with my own
fingertips.