You look like a fella who could use a dance?
She pitches as though selling me a Rolex.
This is a your-best-credit-card-only kind of place.
I pay, and we dance like rocks stuck to earth.
The next time I’m dressed to impress with my suit.
She nods, asks for my name, and loosens my tie.
My name rhymes with the river where I was baptized.
I pay, and we dance with the coolness of the lake.
Less time passes before the next dance, where I ask.
I ask her name and compliment her on the sparkly dress.
It sparkles like the prom where she won homecoming queen.
I pay, and we dance like flames burning up the night.
I come to her broken, a shade breezing through my clothes.
Her dress is silky black; she looks like she’s wearing a shadow.
The air is sepulchral tonight; its thickness prevents dancing.
I pay, and we talk until the earth, lake, and flames pass away.
She pitches as though selling me a Rolex.
This is a your-best-credit-card-only kind of place.
I pay, and we dance like rocks stuck to earth.
The next time I’m dressed to impress with my suit.
She nods, asks for my name, and loosens my tie.
My name rhymes with the river where I was baptized.
I pay, and we dance with the coolness of the lake.
Less time passes before the next dance, where I ask.
I ask her name and compliment her on the sparkly dress.
It sparkles like the prom where she won homecoming queen.
I pay, and we dance like flames burning up the night.
I come to her broken, a shade breezing through my clothes.
Her dress is silky black; she looks like she’s wearing a shadow.
The air is sepulchral tonight; its thickness prevents dancing.
I pay, and we talk until the earth, lake, and flames pass away.