Weren’t they like skirmishes In some great war Our kisses so deep but fleeting Like vultures digging for lice? We were led to the soul by way of skirts Were led to love by way of knives We valued what war reversed
Season comes round We break and fall, that’s all Season comes round, we break and fall Seasons come and go, that’s all
She thought me contemptible No compassion for the fate of the little man who finds rest only on the contempt of the great
And pity moves in funny ways Let’s not try to be witty when the grave lies open before us always