Metrosphere 2004-2005
for Tess
I had a drink in my hand when I asked you to marry me
in a chapel in Reno Nevada
before you won and won and won
three days straight at the roulette wheel
And I was dying, even then, and we both knew it
too many cigarettes following too many drinks
and too few days left to go
But it's as I said
"Get in. Get out. Go on."
And you'll stoop to pick up a champagne cork
before the coroner arrives.