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the braid from your hair 
rested on your shoulder 
shown in the green light 
from the panel of instruments 

the hairs looked like threads 
woven and were perfect 
shaking when you spoke 
and the voice near perfect too 
the darkness killed all doubt 

not more than an hour 
and mostly simple words 
straightened out the corners 
and for a short time filled the seams 
so no light could break in 

without all the lows 
there's no way to describe 
contrast the last of night 
of jackson and canada 

if we didn't lie 
how could you believe 
the closeness in between 
the dawn and blue half-light 
so little in between 

re-enactors reconsider please 
the chance to someday let you down 
good as any that you've heard of 
at night on your a.m. radio 

when the car doors closed 
eyes were all too tired 
there's nothing left to see 
there's nothing in between