The last night

Of umbrellas we spoke
And covering up
And medicine in what amount

Cars drift past
My slack tired jaw
Advice from the misbegotten

Someday
In maybe 4 to 8 years
I’ll sit on a bench in the summer
Under a purple night sky
And have my company kept by fireflies.

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