I’ll try to keep it happy / stay positive / think about the good times / music seeps in from the stereo / butterfly flutter by / you always were one for vinyl / voice lilting & lifting / big blond bouffant / you even called it country & western / love hits different with a twang / catching the breeze / settling near stream / green bank edging brown water / still sparkles / ripples / wings more patterned than prismatic / purples & pinks / but my mind always wanders / to the one on your lower back / the tramp stamp / the low rider / why a winged insect / a drunken spring break remnant / a flash picked from a framed tear sheet / a simple black & gray / you said you couldn’t sit for color / more illustrative than realistic / on that night we first met / you tried to explain it / called it tasteful / giggled at your own logic / I called it tempting