That cinnamon, autumn afternoon<\/p>\n
Linda Ronstadt crooning “Blue Bayou” through the speakers of the stereo<\/p>\n
You and I curled up under a beet-red blanket on the floor of your daddy’s carport<\/p>\n
Cigarette smoke still lilting from the ash bucket twists around the naked lightbulb above our makeshift bed<\/p>\n
You kiss me with the slightest tremor and I ask you what you’re thinking about<\/p>\n
Somehow I don’t believe you when you tell me, “Do elk need jackets when out in the rain?”<\/p>\n
But trust me, I understand, sometimes the words just get in the way<\/p>\n
I kiss you back, light another cigarette, smile and say, “Goloshes, too!”<\/p>\n
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