Venetian Red

I dreamt that I met you In a grocery store Not sure what for A scent faintly striking Of Naugahyde Walking side by side You, you grabbed my hand And so we ran Down the frozen food section Fast we tripped and tumbled Flat on the floor In fluorescent glow In the refrigerator light We laughed all night Passerby's complaining When I looked ahead You were outlined in Venetian red An Antiquity painting I dreamt that I met you In the cemetery Amongst wild strawberries And we wandered In hidden sun Reading epitaphs one by one In the mausoleum You talked about The beauty of never figuring it out And the look you gave me Helped to understand The fidget of your hands In the refrigerator light We laughed all night Passerby's complaining When I looked ahead You were outlined in Venetian red An Antiquity painting And I wonder if you dreamt The same dream as me that night And when you smell plastic furnishing Do you think of us in fluorescent light I love you but I don't know you But I adore the illusion of what we said And when I lay on the cold tile floor I think of us in Venetian red In the refrigerator light We laughed all night Passerby's complaining When I looked ahead You were outlined in Venetian red An Antiquity painting In the refrigerator light We laughed all night Passerby's complaining When I looked ahead You were outlined in Venetian red An Antiquity painting