Hearing Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Steely Dan)

 
Strolling home through a sudden 

rainstorm hot Sunday

August night, soon as drenched

as the skinny goth running to the lifts in

black lips and heels past the Spanish girl

in her silver coat and numb cigarette gaze  

Electric air infiltrates the blood, raises old wounds

along the road, an open door

inside, a warm room I would care to shelter

judging by the music playing there would be

a firm handshake, fine wines and elegant snacks

perhaps they had planned a barbecue  

As the music fades and my nose drips

you may guffaw in my face, and

choke on your vegetable samosa, but

please recall the eternal law that states:

'No one can hold a candle to the Dan'


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