Standing In Chicago
Adam Marsland

Standing in Chicago when I got the call

Someone said they saw you smile

Then they saw you fall

Halfway through Ludlow before I felt it well

We were raised with transparent walls

That kept us from the world

Swung the bat to cause a crack

With religion, or with a girl

You were my responsibility

And that's the irony on which I dwell

And so I bummed out the Clientele

Two people headed west

As they are wont to do

With things to find and leave behind

Like me and you

No fear, no clue

Standing in Chicago

The midpoint of east and west

That's as far as either of us got

Maybe that's for the best

You thought you'd found your place

I guess we'll never know

We used to stare through telescopes

When we were kids

Were we the life on other planets?

I hope I get closer than you did:

Standing backward, walking forward

2,000 miles to go

Passing strange and walking slow

Two people headed west

Like siblings often do

With things to find and leave behind

Like me and you

This is their story

This is our story too

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