{,.)
he had her crying tonight
the memory of an old love
and how it use to be
brand new
.
and how it died from
sexual religious repression
.
the choice of the 1950s:
A life of quiet desperation
or separation
.
Her sadness of knowing
he has not yet found the step
.
over to satisfaction:
of what was was
and what is is
.
she’ll say a little prayer
to boot