Buenos Aires

if and when you find me
leaning against the back of the chassis / of a fallen starship
if and when you find me / eyes closed / underneath the dorsal fin
just tap me on the shoulder / with your index finger
and i’ll unzip my jacket to let you in

like a stick of light / that you only have to snap to ignite
your signal is all that i need to receive / to reilluminate my eyes
we make it our personal responsibility / to hold an umbrella over this city

if and when we land / in an alpine meadow / on top of the andes
if and when we can relax / for just a moment / before the war goes on
you don’t even have to open your eyes
just tilt your head / and hold my hand / and smile

like a lithium ion battery / we can recharge almost as many times as we need
given a consistent source of energy / we can approach infinity

some things go right / in spite of how much of everything goes wrong
the light in your eyes / stays on
some things seem to persist / in spite of how very little they make sense
until their end / it’s not a question of if / but when

we make it our personal responsibility / to hold an umbrella over this city