Cherry Blossoms

<br>A black television screen<br><br>Snow white and black<br><br>Deep and open<br><br>Splashing against the windows<br><br>Looking out onto a three-terrace town<br><br>Theres a garden, grey-green<br><br>And cherry blossoms<br><br><br><br>Get in in the morning (all seasons here, saved for a rainy day)<br><br>Climb in beside you (a part of a hole)<br><br>Watch the clock for half an hour (an orange and its peel)<br><br>Its cold on the outside<br><br>Theres steam on the windows (a star in a night sky)<br><br>And I put myself there all the time (a gentle beauty)<br><br>You let me forget again<br><br><br><br>And I snore on and on<br><br>You let me forget again<br><br>Forget how it feels to be wrong<br><br><br><br>If I could show her completely (funny how everything makes you feel low when youre already low)<br><br>But it comes so drunkardly now (lying on the bed, the lightbulb banging down)<br><br>Fall over on my words (get up, pull the sheet from the window, to see the rain still coming down)<br><br>That peace when the door slams (downstairs theres hot coffee, sit down to a cigarette)<br><br>Soon shattered [ ? ] (down to the filter, another and down to my last)<br><br>I came so well-oiled (another and my last penny)<br><br>You let me forget again (4 a.m. 6 feet down. already up with the larks)<br><br>And I came stumbling through<br><br>You let me forget again (4 a.m. 6 feet down. already up with the larks)<br><br>Forget what I always knew