good-bye
Matt Robinson
up until this winter
when it got cold,
i thought you were running fine;
you knew
we were running out of time.
150km/h on a late-for-curfew rollercoaster.
seats that go back.
one-sixty to pictou-
ferry god mother watching under us.
i remember.
you took me places
i’d never been (to),
showed me faces
i’d never seen (too).
i re-re-re-remember.
you’re dear,
but i’m caught in headlights.