The Face Of Love In Profile Lights A Cigarette Poem by Nancy Ames

'We are both so vast, you and I,
that I have to disturb several constellations in the sky
so that I can kiss your neck like this and sigh...'

The face of love in profile lights a cigarette.
The captain's on the bridge and it's a foggy night and wet.

'So hey, okay... anyway, you can go all the way
from love to paranoid
before we have a chance to say
the things we must avoid...'

The face of love in profile lights a cigarette.
The captain's on the bridge and it's a foggy night and wet.

'I couldn't cry for years and years
but now I'm always full of tears.
I'm not a cow, boy. It's plenty big enough for me,
here in this boat upon your sea.'

The face of love in profile lights a cigarette.
The captain's on the bridge and it's a foggy night and wet.

And now, if you will let me be,
I'll put my face into the sea,
and make the water take its shape,
and make the water take its shape,
and make the water take its shape away...'

The face of love in profile lights a cigarette.
The captain's on the bridge and it's a foggy night and wet.

'We are both so vast, you and I,
that I have to disturb several constellations in the sky
so that I can kiss your neck like this and sigh, 'Goodbye'.'