day 26: five minutes

Part 1
I drove around and found corners of this town from which I'd never cleaned the cobwebs.
I drove around and found corners of this town I'd never even seen before.
I got pink on my chest and
saw you for five minutes.

You said you looked for me.
I missed your call.

Part 2
I drove up Ninth on my way to
my old stomping grounds and it was seriously
the most beautiful
sun was shining over castle rock
and all the lightweight, fluffy seeds
from some unknown tree
were floating and flying at my windshield
I almost cried because it was straight out of my head, this moving picture

Part 3
I sat in the parking lot by myself and waited for your call,
because I didn't want to go home.
I stared at the lawn--
where I once had my first film kiss,
now stands a new music and arts building for the college--
the light hit the birch and pine just on the top of the foliage
and I filmed it
and sang 'Guest Room' to myself.
The other night I filmed the rainy street,
sunset, patchy gray sky,
and sang it to sleep with 'Pink Rabbits.'
Maybe this will be a new thing for me.

Part 4
We were playing tag and you're still it.
I will stay up all night waiting for 'Humiliation' to ring through my phone and for your name to show up.

-Dana Winter