ubllshed oeLry

l Love ?ou 1oo uad

Maybe l should [usL go back Lo sleep
LxcepL LhaL now l can'L
8ecause l keep Lhlnklng abouL whaL you sald lasL nlghL
Well you're noL geLLlng any younger"
1hank you for remlndlng me

l know l'm 24 and sLlll ln college
?es rlghL almosL 23
And l have no dlrecLlon
1hank you for remlndlng me

?es you have already Lold me
1o geL my shlL LogeLher
And geL a [ob
8uL you know rlghL now
1here are no [obs
So maybe lL's Ck LhaL l'm 23 and sLlll ln college
?es l know l'm golng Lo be ln debL up Lo my eyeballs
1hank you for remlndlng me

no l can'L afford LhaL car
And yes l know LhaL lL ls a dlrecL resulL of my acLlons
And Lhe facL LhaL l work a parLLlme [ob
2 days a week
8ecause l'm sLlll ln school
8uL aL leasL l'm galnlng a new perspecLlve
?es l know LhaL a new perspecLlve wlll noL pay Lhe bllls
And no lL wlll noL help me buy new Llres for my car
1hank you for remlndlng me

WhaL's LhaL?
?ou Lhlnk l should be pracLlclng?
Well lL's hard Lo flnd Llme Lo play gulLar
When you're ln debL up Lo your eyeballs
And Lrylng Lo geL a [ob
When Lhere are no [obs
8uL aL leasL l have Lhls college educaLlon
?es l know you've been worklng slnce before l was born
And yes l know you found a [ob
1haL you dldn'L necessarlly en[oy
8uL l LhoughL LhaL's whaL you wanLed Lo be dlfferenL for me
no l don'L wanL Lo llve ln your basemenL forever
And yes lL's abouL Llme LhaL l puL Lhose
Chlldlsh daydreams Lo bed
And sLarLed acLlng llke a real adulL
8uL
no l guess Lhere ls no buL
1hank you for remlndlng me
!ess Loughman



















Ladios Iogs
Lasl nighl, vhiIo Iying noxl lo you,
I had a dioan lhal
you and I voio losl of fiionds.
You laIkod lo no Iiko losl fiionds vouId,
losl fiionds, nan lo nan.
You loId no aloul lhis Iadys Iogs,
aloul aII Iadios Iogs,
hov lhoy voio aII diffoionl and uniquo
sono aio Iong and sIondoi
sono aio shoil and snoolh,
lul I didnl vanl lo hoai aloul Iadios Iogs,
I vanlod lo hoai aloul MY Iogs.
I supposo lho convoisalion shouId havo confoilod no,
you iovoaIing sono innoconl insighl lo no,
lul il onIy nado no insocuio.

Thon I voko up,
and you voio sIooping.
I vanlod lo vako you up and
ask you hov you couId laIk aloul
aII lhoso olhoi vonon lo no,
Mo,
lho vonon vho Iovos you
and soos no olhoi nan lul you,
No olhoi Iogs.

Thon you voko up,
aII on youi ovn,
and ioIIod ovoi,
and pul youi ains aiound no,
and you pul youi Iogs on ny Iogs,
and I ioaIizod,
lhoio aio no olhoi Iogs,
lul youis and nino.





-}oss Loughnan

l felL hoL ln Lhe places
where your hands Louched my skln
llke Lhere was some elecLrlc currenL
runnlng Lhrough your body
lnLo mlne Lurnlng around ln my sLomach
and comlng back Lo ouLllne your flngers
1he band was creaLlng smooLh background muslc
Lo my maln aLLracLlon
your lronblue eyes
1here were people danclng
and slnglng and drlnklng
all around us
buL Lhey dldn'L make a dlfference
l was so concenLraLed
on Lhe way your mouLh moved
when you sald Lhe sweeL Lhlngs
LhaL were pourlng from your hearL
onLo Lhe green grass
where l noLlced Lhem
and plcked Lhem up wlLh my ears
Lo rock Lhem genLly Lo sleep
ln my memory

l was Lhlnklng
remember Lhls momenL
remember Lhls feellng"

l remember Lhe momenL
And l sLlll feel your
currenL runnlng Lhrough me



!ess Loughman