Nightbird

(for Liz)

I've been thinking about you, and the years we spent together--

I rarely do,

But a blue moon rose in the sky last night;

And you were the nightbird flying across it.

I don't know why I thought

That my way was the best to do,

And I don't know why you thought

That others should take care of you.

I don't think you'd know me now,

The lady in the gardening hat;

I'm more humble, and I'm older,

But none the worse for all of that.

Still, I've been thinking about you,

And how it was until we lost it,

Because a blue moon rose in the sky last night

With a nightbird flying across it.

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