LL Cool Jim

By LLCoolJim

Look what I did! and I didn't shake! and I tagged!


Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water
They cannot see me naked
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday

Nightswimming, remembering that night
November's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming

The photograph reflects,
Every harbourlight a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night

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