Why Do Birds Fall in Love

Your words run through my head

Go to bed

and by the kitchen window

it's where I can go

and smoke

Let me alone a while

and I'll return with a smile

for you.

Apologies rehearsed in my mind

Killing time

and by the kitchen window

it's where I can go

and smoke

Are we just a joke?

like why did the chicken cross the road?

Why did the serpent lick the toad?

Why do birds fall in love?

and by the next day

you're giving up.

I like watching smoke flow from my mouth,

like a dragon or a big machine,

we can pretend it's steam

You snap and you sing,

you can't stop, you're addicted

but roll-ups are cheap

and my technique's perfected.

Maybe quit with gum or a patch.

Maybe we picked the wrong day to stop

and turn back.

(Why do birds fall in love...)