Sundogs

You are still with me

I'm running my fingers along your spine

Watching the world move softly below us

All of its surfaces shining, faultless

But on the inside, hollow and compromised

[Dogs panting]

White on white where the memory wanders

Under the houses, an ocean arrives

I'm running back time to the edge of the water

Flickering songs alight

I could live twice

If I could see you alive and unfrozen

I would

Ice on the branches and the sun turned golden