exist

lets occupy my uptown 5th floor fire escape
drown out lenox's sound
lets converse...
lets talk life between sips of Riesling and bites of 88 star Chinese take-out

in hush tones as if we don't want to wake the neighbors
lets conjure up our kids personalities

she will be just like me and he will take after you
will give them my lips and your eyes

lets for this moment forget about student loans
lets talk about the spaceship we'll hop in to visit Saturn
lets count stars and give them names of our favorite artist

we'll make donny and nina part of our constellation

lets us talk Oprah politics and Obama religions

lets just for tonight forget about history

and re write it so that you and i are the norm

so we are not looked at crazy for being in love

let us if only for this moment just exist

lets just be...