I am exhausted And the winter is already long I loved what I loved And I had what I lost And never Had at all. The symmetry’s astounding And the thing that I’ve learned —And can’t ignore— Is that Everybody leaves at once --Open a window and they all head for The door.
These are the killing days Slowed down By the rush of routine You’re here Then you’re gone You come back And I accept The terms of your return But I’m wrong to acquiesce So gently
Before long You’re rising from the floor You look at me As you put on your shoes So I know you’ll put your coat on too —There’s the door.
You drink me dry You accuse me of poison The rumors have ripened on the vine And now they’re anybody’s cocktail... Cheers! Darling, Cheers! From what I hear We’ve really, really done it this time.
You’re everything I’m not You take the difference out on me And the sum of two such things Is apparently Nothing We are apparently Nothing —Where’s the door?