Tuesday. Probably. Doesn't matter. The sky keeps a schedule. I keep the sky's schedule. Black and white, no in-between Wings fold up like a clean rulebook Teal at the edges, if you look Don't look Shiny things, I carry them back Not for me, it's a favor stack Seventh month, seventh day Somebody has to lay the way Rain? Still on. Flood? Still on. Wet feathers, dry delivery. Count the feathers, count to two Nobody thanks the thing they cross Just the bridge, just the bridge Walk right over, I don't mind Just the bridge, just the bridge Two of you, one of me, fine Don't say thanks Say see you next year I'll be here I'll be here She texts me "any weather?" I say clear, probably He's late, he's always late I hold the line, I hold the sky Sneakers loud on a sky-blue span Hands in sleeves, that's the plan Stars below and stars above I'm the part you don't think of Count the feathers, count to two Nobody thanks the thing they cross Just the bridge, just the bridge Walk right over, I don't mind Just the bridge, just the bridge Two of you, one of me, fine Don't say thanks Say see you next year I'll be here I'll be here Ha. Fine. Go. Last year she wore his jacket, said it was the weather Forty degrees of clear sky, nobody's that clever He brought two cups of something, said one was a spare Spare for who? I didn't ask. I wasn't there. I was there. I'm always there. Third board from the left, that's my chair. Count the feathers, count to two Nobody thanks the thing they cross Count again, it's still just two And one of me, that's true Okay. One thing. Once. Eleven months I think, what if I just don't? Tilt a plank. Let the river take a turn. Then I hear sneakers coming. Both pairs. Loud. And the planks hold. Of course they hold. Board nine squeaks. He steps on it every year. I've never told him. It's the best part. Wing check, ok Feather check, ok Socks, shoes, ok Stars on the road, ok Two of them on the way, ok Just the bridge, just the bridge Eyes up, there they go Just the bridge, just the bridge Funny, I like the view Ha. Go on. Don't look back. I'll be here. Nobody carried me Never needed to Just the bridge That's all I do
