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I saw lonely as diamonds in your eyes
and thought it was something curable
with slow hands and the man kind of kind
and you saw it too in mine
like it had just arrived a moment ago

we laughed sometimes back then
at the edge of that maybe street
where we talked about crossing the line
and getting each other all over us
if for only momentary fulfillment

I guess that is what we had in common
that comfort of mutual discomfort
and you didn't want to be lonely at fifty
nor did I at sixty you imagined
but you would keep yours a little longer

because it was easier then arguing
with the cold man that you danced with
and I would keep mine too you predicted
since you didn't see me giving up freedom
to be just a prisoner of contentment

but you didn't know I could just ride faster

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