i dreamt of her the other night
and in the dream
she climbed into a taxi
and the taxi drove off
perhaps i am finally –
letting myself dwell on it all

i never thought –
when i grew my hair
and it became so long
that my twenties would come
and then be gone

i do miss our friendship
and i wonder what i did wrong
oh i know,
in your head there is a just
and sound reason

let me remove you
from my life
before you so petty
remove me from yours

no one outside
that close circle
can be bothered to care
too many people
just stare

i am a product
of my dreams
of my parents
of my feelings
of that long hot summer
in 1976

she eases me back into a smile
i thought i had lost
she takes me out
but there is no cost