Gemini

All the tributaries of the Thames line the streets In a grand jubilee, weep and cheer Freshwater tears You're the shore we are bearing towards I the tide's charioteer Lay the remains of your sun-bitten love on the beach And we'll watch as the gulls pick the bones And the headlines corrode in a vinegar sea There is salt in the cone and the cream Of the 99 flake with the strawberry sauce Your nostalgic nod to the town before you were born When the strawberries burst from the ground And the 99s foamed at the shore Dreams leave traces on each day's grave faces Sleep on the cheek of the dawn, and after he's flown The crow's feet and feathers remain Little claws on the panes of the soul And just like a dream I been falling repeatedly Into and out of your arms Symmetry torn The minute before mine started Your good heart guarded us both So down by the Thames, on the green bridge's breast My first day in a blazer and tie Quiet and shy, ten years old With a hole in my throat Calling out for my own gemini