Rabbit Run

I’m standing on the balcony

And the stars are desperate things

That burn out to the tune of broken glass

And snapped piano strings.

The grass is dead and frozen

But the life runs on along

The snow that makes the night bright white

And all we might’ve dreamed of-

To watch the very moment pass

The silent ticking clock

As we watched those rabbits

Rabbits run

In the fog and infinite snow

To vanish with the passing clouds

And I’ll watch you watch them go.

The smoke curls up around us

And all the world is flame

The living all are fleeing fast

But even now I wish they’d stay

They never do, they never will

The snow and white fur melts

But even so and even still

I’ll taste that cigarette smell.