Acrobats from Face Off by Christopher John Campion

Acrobats

That night we danced pirouettes in the park
Under street lamps, throwing silhouettes on the arch
of Washington Square, so pretty in the Fall...
Then we ditched the check at the diner

Saw you home and started to lose my buzz
Was before phones, just knew where the action was
At after hours got bodily removed
Woke up the next day with a shiner...and a loose tooth

Some time passed, meant to give you a call
Went out, got trashed and if memory serves at all
We shared an awkward glance down at Tortilla Flats
but when you're young you live and love like alley cats
And fall like acrobats....

An average night, especially for back then
sober hindsight is a 20/20 lens
You looked askance, sensing it was a trap
when you're young you live and love like alley cats

Had one more chance and I even blew that
but when you're young you live and love like alley cats
And fall like acrobats....

-CJC

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