the not very long good bye

you talked a lot. i thought you were funny. you could have been anything you wanted to be.

i stopped at the traffic lights. i saw you walking to the junction. you were going in the wrong direction. i looked away before i thought you had seen me. the lights changed, i squeezed the throttle, we parted. now i'll never see you again.







these things that are pleasing you will hurt you sometime.