2006-05-10 - 2:43 a.m.
Please remember me happily
By the rosebush laughing with
Bruises on my chin, the time when
We counted every black car passing your
House beneath the hill, and up until
Someone caught us in the kitchen with
Maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank,
a vision too removed to mention, and
Please remember me fondly.
I heard from someone you're still pretty, and then
They went on to say that the Pearly Gates
Had such eloquent graffiti like �we'll
Meet again� and �fuck the Man�
And �tell my mother not to worry,� and
Angels with their great handshakes,
But always done in such a hurry, and
Please remember me at Hallowe�en
Making fools of all the neighbors. Our
Faces painted white, by midnight
We'd forgotten one another,
And when the morning came I was ashamed,
Only now it seems so silly. That
Season left the world and then returned;
Now you're lit up by the city, and
Please remember me mistakenly
In the window of the tallest tower
Call, then pass us by, but much too high
To see the empty road at happy hour
Gleam and resonate just like the gates
Around the Holy Kingdom with
Words like �lost and found,� and �don't look down,�
And �someone save temptation� and
Please remember me as in the dream
We had as rug-burned babies a-
Mong the fallen trees and fast asleep
Beside the lions and the ladies that
Called you what you like and even might
Give a gift for your behavior, a
Fleeting chance to see a trapeze-
swinger high as any savior, and
Please remember me, my misery,
And how it lost me all I wanted was those
Dogs that love the rain, and chasing trains,
The colored birds above their running in
Circles round the well, and where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter so
Bright on cinder gray in spray paint,
�Who the hell can see forever?� and
Please remember me seldomly
In the car behind the carnival my
Hands between your knees, you turn from me,
Said the trapeze act was wonderful but
Never meant to last. The clowns that passed
saw me just come up with anger. When it
Filled with circus dogs, the parking lot
had an element of danger and
Please remember me finally
And all my uphill clawing my
Dear, but if I make the Pearly Gates
I�ll do my best to make a drawing of
God and Lucifer, a boy and girl
An angel kissin� on a sinner a
Monkey and a man, a marching band
All around the frightened trapeze-swinger,
Nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah...
Iron & Wine, The Trapeze Swinger
