The wind was sharper this close to the water. Hands trembling, Astrid hurried to zip her jacket before the ride operator checked her seatbelt. She wished her tremors had more to do with the chill in ... [+]
We became a hyphenated word like
honky-tonk, long-term, six-pack, full-time
We dropped the dash like
butterfingers, afterthought, upstream, everything
We fit the mold, independently, like
half of something more complex
We simplified it;
I stepped forward when you stepped back
You stepped forward when I stepped back;
We blended into one word,
A portmanteau, like
spork, smog, froyo, brunch
A portmanteau is a suitcase
It opens into halves
I don't think we've closed up
But we have less friends than before
Or we see them less. And I worry
They don't care
/don't know
If I'm smoke or if you're breakfast
Because I can't even remember
When we leave together
We will pack separate bags
And I will have to
I will pull my roots out like
Etymology can help us
honky-tonk, long-term, six-pack, full-time
We dropped the dash like
butterfingers, afterthought, upstream, everything
We fit the mold, independently, like
half of something more complex
We simplified it;
I stepped forward when you stepped back
You stepped forward when I stepped back;
We blended into one word,
A portmanteau, like
spork, smog, froyo, brunch
A portmanteau is a suitcase
It opens into halves
I don't think we've closed up
But we have less friends than before
Or we see them less. And I worry
They don't care
/don't know
If I'm smoke or if you're breakfast
Because I can't even remember
When we leave together
We will pack separate bags
And I will have to
I will pull my roots out like
Etymology can help us
