I Like It When Your Hair Covers Your Eyes Sideways Like That

A little poem prayer

Art by Immoist on Deviant Art

Overall
rain and warm
The billboards and signs
and the letters themselves
I can’t understand them
in a language
I don’t understand
Foreign

Some things require
little
to no
communication,
however

Familiar sort of
smile
to smile back to
and grab ice cream
together
because who doesn’t
like ice cream
Brain speaks music
arms embrace
mouths shut
and the world
keeps
spinning

The birds
always say
the same thing
namely
nothing

Now let’s get a beer—
How’s the beer
around here?
Meanwhile
I like your ragged
t-shirt
and your bracelet
and…