Sunlight seeps beneath the bedroom doornThe new day can no longer be deniednYou’re puzzled by the puddles on the floornIt’s time that I came clean about last nightnnI got a phone call from a friend I seldom seenWho thought we had some catching up to donSuffice to say I didn’t disagreenAnd when I left I left the porch light on for younnOh, it was such a sultry nightnHalf the city was outsidenJust like moths drawn to the lights nAnd the stars were severalnnSo we found ourselves a mediocre barnAnd lost ourselves amongst the demimondenA beer for every year that we’d let passnAnd at “time” we wondered where the time had gonennOh, but the breeze was beautifulnAs we stumbled past the schoolnAnd upon the swimming poolnIt was just too perfectnnAtop the cyclone fencenI could almost see the sense in heading homenBut the laughter of a friendnFrom the shadows of the shallow end…nnOh, when we finally fled the scenenDrunk and giddy with chlorinenGod, I almost felt fifteennSlinking down the street at nightnAnother minute morenAnd we both would have been caughtnIt’s a sobering thoughtnJust when one was needed…