Nightswimming

	  		 
 
 
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   Nightswimming      deserves     a quiet night. 
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The photograph on the dashboard,    taken years ago, 
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turned around backwards so the windshield shows. 
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Every streetlight   reveals the picture in reverse. 
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Still, it's so much clearer. 
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I forgot my shirt   at   the water's edge. 
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The moon is low   tonight. 
 
{Play Rhy. Fig. 1} 
 
 
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   Nightswimming      deserves     a quiet night. 
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I'm not sure all these people understand. 
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It's not like years   ago, 
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The fear of getting caught,    of recklessness and water. 
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They cannot see me naked. 
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These things, they go away,    replaced by everyday. 
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Nightswimming.  Remembering that night. 
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September's coming soon.          I'm pining for the moon. 
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And what if there were two   side   by side   in orbit 
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around the fairest sun? 
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That bright, tight forever drum could not describe   nightswimming. 
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You, I thought I knew   you.       You, I cannot judge. 
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You, I thought you knew    me. 
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This one laughing quietly     underneath   my breath. 
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 Nightswimming. 
 
{Play Rhy. Fig. 1} 
 
 
 
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The photograph reflects, 
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every streetlight a reminder. 
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  Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, 
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        deserves a quiet night.