#vampire weekend

waiting with the wind against your face and gel in your hair

in the colors

of Bennetton

me and my cousins and you and your cousins

it’s a line that’s always running

can you stay up

to see the dawn?

dresses in white

with my car keys hidden in the kitchen

lights by the ocean

a westerly motion

that moves california to sea

chairs to sit

and sidewalks to walk on

ion displacement won’t work in the basement

especially when i’m not with you

o bryn!

u see in the dark

right past the fireflies

that sleep in my heart

Here in the heartland, a feeling so startling
I don’t what I should do

dozin’ off underneath my sheets

while i cover both my ears….

In the afternoon
You’re out on the stone and grass

the paper’s shot to pieces

the kids don’t stand a chance

Forget the protocol
I’ll take your hand
Right in mine

honey with you,

and a bata radio

is your bed made?

is your sweater on?

Holiday, still so far away…

our republic on the beach,

I can’t forget just how BAD IT GETS

when i’m counting on my teeth. 

this is the face i make to the finals standing between me and christmas break

to go away

on a summer’s day,

never seemed so clear.