Please remember me, happily;
By the rosebush laughing...
With bruises on my chin, the time when;
We counted every black car passing...

Your house beneath the hill and up until;
Someone caught us in the kitchen...
With maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank;
A vision too removed to mention...

But please remember me, fondly;
I heard from someone you're still pretty...
And then they went on to say that the Pearly Gates;
Had some eloquent graffiti...

Like 'We'll meet again' and 'Fuck the man';
And 'Tell my mother not to worry'...
And angels with their great handshakes;
But always done in such a hurry...

And please remember me, at Halloween;
Making fools of all the neighbors...
Our faces painted white, by midnight;
We'd forgotten one another...

And when the morning came I was ashamed;
Only now it seems so silly...
That season left the world and then returned;
And now you're lit up by the city...

So please remember me, mistakenly;
In the window of the tallest tower...
Call, then pass us by but much too high;
To see the empty road at happy hour...

Gleam and resonate just like the gates;
Around the Holy Kingdom...
With words like, 'Lost and found' and 'Don't look down';
And 'Someone save temptation'...

And please remember me as in the dream;
We had as rug burned babies...
Among the fallen trees and fast asleep;
Beside the lions and the ladies...

That called you what you like and even might;
Give a gift for your behavior...
A fleeting chance to see a trapeze;
Swinger high as any savior...

But please remember me, my misery;
And how it lost me all I wanted...
Those dogs that love the rain and chasing trains;
The colored birds above there running...

In circles round the well and where it spells;
On the wall behind St. Peter...
So bright on cinder gray in spray paint;
Who the hell can see forever?'...

And please remember me, seldomly;
In the car behind the carnival...
My hand between your knees, you turn from me;
And said the trapeze act was wonderful...

But never meant to last, the clowns that passed;
Saw me just come up with anger...
When it filled with circus dogs, the parking lot;
Had an element of danger...

So please remember me, finally;
And all my uphill clawing...
My dear, but if I make the Pearly Gates;
I'll do my best to make a drawing...

Of God and Lucifer, a boy and girl;
An angel kissin' on a sinner...
A monkey and a man, a marching band;
All around the frightened trapeze swinger.

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