Black Lab Anything
it could have been anyone could have been a woman or a man.
must have swept her away made her forget who i am.
it could have been anyone could have slipped me a drug.
must have been a permanent dose to make me forget who she was.
it could have been anything could have been the time we spent alone.
maybe too much time together maybe too close to the bone.
it could have been anything any word i might have said.
just a look i might have given just the angle of my head (i forget).
but we come we go.
we say that we know.
but we don't remember and we don't remind each other.
we come we go.
we say that we know.
but we don't remember.
no we don't recognize each other.
it could have been anyone any rumor passed around.
someone made her doubt me made her head for higher ground.
it could have been any gesture or word.
maybe something i misstated something she misunderstood (i would).
we come we go.
but we don't remember.
and we don't recognize that maybe this time things might work out
right.
maybe this time she might catch my eye.
maybe something anything could strike me blind and i might remember her
and she might
remember me this time.
it could have been anyone anything the ring around her finger.
it could have been anything any piece that's shattered on the way.
it could have been anything anyone she'll take another lover.
it could have been anything anything anything anything.
we come we go.
but we don't rememeber.
and we don't recognize each other.
