Arc de Triomphe (A Long Hello)
from Travelogue: Paris
It’s like we never met
Awoke here in our bed
What is your name, love?
Where are you from?
Where are you going?
Can I come
along? A long “Hello”

So this is what becomes of the darkness
At the dawn
I’ve known it all along
The first of many songs
I can see how this could end today
“Au revoir,” and on my way
The crack of a nightmare
The tiniest frown
The kiss of the sunbreak
Settle down
You’re found

Linen certainty wraps around
Everything

We know it already
We knew it in our sleep

The arc of every life is longing
Longing
Long
The arc of every life is longing
Longing
End it here
Curtains pulled
The dawn is clear.