And there was that time you said you took Neko Case
and she cried and said she was always on the take
but it's not so easy to come by
for the girls on the road.
I remember
because the Spring was rolling in
it was a thing you feel, smell, see seeping
beautifully over the barley,
and we were at the field's edge inhaling, and you had quit smoking
and we was all telling stories
and we was all secretly happy but we didn't want to spoil it
by saying.
That was when I last saw you.