Instructions

move in with a stranger

take a two wk vacation

go somewhere nice

florida perhaps

tell her you love her at

that beach by monster’s cove

where the guys in grey suits

hang out at night

and the fish tales grow wilder

than the surfers’ hair

in that small town off the

atlantic side

where everybody owns a blue bike

and the snow floats in

from miami

for a good price

then take her for a ride

down the coastline

make a baby

with your child bride

ponce de leon

find the fountain of youth

fossilize your mind

forget the future

like you did the last decade

& for god’s sake stay this way

you haven’t been this good

for years