Stargazers

In the back of a movie theatre, center right no, more right

over here

On July 18th, years and years ago, back here

is where I fell in love with you

When it rains, I go there and sit somewhere else,

just to see all the strangers play musical chairs with the death of our happiness

Timing is not everything,

it's only secondhand information,

And on an anonymous Tuesday night,

I found myself in front of the black and white

talking about Norma Desmond and the precursors to Gotham

and out of the corner of my eye,

I noticed a beige raincoat that had once belonged to my love,

that had once graced these shoulders out of chivalry,

and here you were

staring at me

and we both looked up at Gloria Swanson

just in time to think like synchronized swimmers,

that when it rains,

it pours