Afternoon

A little talk could hold me for a little while Another brush of whiskers and that distant smile So little life remaining and the shadows won't contain me The book of night is closing for the child I knew you were a strange girl or I thought you were You mustered all the wonder from the room of hurt We knew the world of summer Like a sister, like a brother And the melodies were sweeter left unheard We fell down a hole Don't you remember We fell so fall below And never found the center Another word or two And all the summer knew In the song of the afternoon Afternoon You never play September in a winter game The heart will not remember what it will not name The caterpillar gazes on a world of older faces But the butterflies go floating all the same We fell down a hole Don't you remember We fell so fall below We never found the center And who knew what to do With all I felt for you In the song of the afternoon Afternoon