Each and every time we walk
these forest trails and speak so slowly.
I watch you and stay at least
a few good steps behind your back.
Because finally you are
the classic work of priceless fiction:
sits upon the bookstore shelves,
Insists on every passing body.
The world just loves to watch
your every little bounce and ripple.
With every guy and casing eye,
you had a smile that gave you away.
We always have one or two
fingers staying laced together.
But for now and soon to come?
We're still shouting loud from 'cross the corridors.