Slowly, Slowly

Slowly, Slowly

please, my mistake

put my head on a plate

lock it up in a

safe place for keeping till later

don't let the rain through the walls or the windows

and don't take the calls to the phone in the hall

I'm not here and neither are you

don't let the street in

the trams, trucks and people

the rain and the rain coats

and shriek of the subway

make the days go slowly

and in the end

all we have to do is pretend