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.