Nightswimming

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 Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. 
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The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
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turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
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Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.  
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Still, it's so much clearer.  
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I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
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The moon is low tonight.  


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Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. 
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I'm not sure all these  people understand.
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It's not like years ago,
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The fear of getting caught, of recklessness and water.
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They cannot see me naked.
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These things, they go away, replaced by everyday.


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Nightswimming. Remembering that night.  
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September's coming soon. I'm pining for the moon.
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And what if there were two side by side in orbit
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around the fairest sun? 
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That bright, tight forever drum could not describe nightswimming.


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You, I thought I knew you.  You, I cannot judge.
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You, I thought you knew me.
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This one laughing quietly underneath my breath. 
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Nightswimming.  


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The photograph reflects,  
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every streetlight a reminder.  
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 Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, 
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  deserves a quiet night.