Would I Be For You

It’s always kind of amazing
Seeing you in that room
The murals looking on
Like the annals of some

Separate, shared youth

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We both tried to misspend it
Writing our own lives and
Selling our stories freer
They want it more now
And I think you’ll cash in

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We students escaping
We lovers thick in it
The man whose loves eloped
Even that of himself
For any tomorrow

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You’ve got it, and will
I should scrape mine
In bars and backrooms
Hazy even without smoke
Those too lonesome to notice

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The students escaping
The lovers thick in it
The men whose loves eloped
Even that of themselves
For any tomorrow

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Would I be for you
To learn, or to teach
I’ll think of something to give
Someone special

Sometime soon