Earth Air Water Trees

through the shifting colors in the sky

i heard the wild geese call.

and the liwas bright and clear and cold

over eastern montreal

and although, i know

you're only toying with me now,

and although, i know

you hold your affection for me like a bone on a string

i love you, i love you because

you gave me sausage and cheese when i was hungry.

you hold your closed hand out to me

and you told me to guess what you had inside

and i had a thousand guesses and some of them were good

but i knew for some reason that i was losing my mind

when the scent came rising

through the spaces between your fingers

when the scent called to me

and i knw we'd last at least until the end of december

i love you, i love you because

you gave me sausage and cheese when i was hungry