remember that night
we liked to play old board games
him into trouble and you into risk
thank god for gravity he replied
to a question she never asked before she made her final move
he stopped motion with his timex, grabbed her by the arm and said

o my god

even this overpass
sees more travel than us
i’m reading what to say from a book of violent weather
your limbs flail to music that only you can hear
make your mouth some headphones
and whisper in my ear

o my god