You called me first
and that’s all I remember
Besides the usual things
The “heys” and “how’s it goings”
Passing someone in a mall
“Hey, what happened?”
“Samantha likes her pills”
And the hollywood hills
And I remember thinking
I don’t have everything
Just nothing to lose
Just before you tell me
About the weather
and the night before
When Samantha hit the floor

fluorescent stars
cafes and bars
broken hearts
in airports
colored skies
distant lies
happy birthday
and off the deep end
broken hearts
in airports