That Night on the Roof of IAB
No matter how much you kiss me
it won't be that night on the roof of IAB
you can pad around my kitchen all you want,
rearranging the thumbtacks on
that cork board from IKEA
but it still won't be
that night on the roof of IAB.

That night on the roof of IAB,
Dave burned his hand on a bottle rocket, and
Jen cried, looking at Harlem, and
Shai had vertigo. I asked
Shai questions while you stood,
the way you do, and thought quietly.

That night on the roof of IAB,
I was thinking about you, and the way you stood.
c. 1992-1993