Takes too long to breathe

[tmanzano]

If you blinked
you'd pass it
but Danny knew that

Danny was a fool
he would sing to me
at Little River just after
the washboard

He was damaged and laughed
in the drunk mans grapes
we ran through to get there

The stars
would stay out all night for us
at Truck Stop and Foxtail
walking upside down across the sky

We hit it too hard at Little River
his eyes went fix
and swilled over me

We set the sky ablaze in orange and red
white hot
across the fields at Foxtail

I blinked
but Danny knew that

I chase his embers in my dreams, like fireflies
but I didn't know
I would hate him so much
for washing up at little river