song for a mystery woman in a strip mall

swift, you climb
jungle arms and eyes
make watchers or passers by
your smart looks
you, so careless
but i know
that life is not so simple as that
rain falls on everyone just the same

but you, your sheltering stare
sends some of us halfway
back to the air we felt at birth
remind us how nice it can be
just to live and breathe
and how lucky we are
2004-06-14 | 6:17 p.m.
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