staring out the window at the taxi.
She was wearing red that day.
She walked in and sat by him,
kissed his cheek and touched his chin,
like she used to do so long ago.
He ordered her coffee black.
She removed her antique hat
and said, where do we start
He said, Barry called me up
and said you'd be in town
She lifted her coffee cup
and said news travels fast in South Bend.
Yes, I've got some business here
My new book has just appeared
Signings down at Walden Books
Reporters want to take a look
Hey, Bob, you look the same
Do you still work at the plant?
Yes I do imagine that I wear a suit
She saw his pride was glowing
I got four grown children now
Me and Shirley own a house
She works at the Walmarts just part time
She knows we were sweethearts once
One of those high school dancers fun
When Coca -Cola only cost a dime
He said, you must live some life
Always traveling somewhere,
You were such a quiet type
No one knew the hand you held was aces
I called Shirley to my side,
and I told her with great pride
That you're the girl who wore
Do you recall Richard Cross,
the one who turned us all on to Bob Dylan?
He hit his supermarket boss
with a jar of teriyaki sauce and killed him
Pam and Ernie got divorced,
he just quit the police force
She moved out to Idaho somewhere
The daughter's dancing topless bars
He stays home and just plays cards
My mama always said life wasn't fair
She said, well I got to leave
I got to be down at the TV station
I know you never like to read
But here's my book, I signed a dedication
She got up and said goodbye
with a strange look in her eyes
He fixed his blue tie then shook her hand
She walked out into the street,
her disappearance was complete
Some who saw her said they thought
