We'd been running from the cops
for what seemed like an hour
both of us half-dressed and barefoot
the rest of our clothes under our arms
except for the sock & panty dropped behind us
laughing at our misfortune with every step
It's not like we planned it that way
we'd parked behind the old high school
with the most moral of intentions
just going to catch up on old times
maybe take a walk through the park a bit
and sit atop the Bridge To NoWhere
I didn't notice you steal the bottle from the head table
I don't even want to know where you stashed it
no place to hide it under your bridesmaid dress
and that look of pure mischief in your eyes
made me walk a bit faster, a tad quicker
thats when you decided to run onto the playground
I made you push me on the swingset
your dress nearly flew up over your head
as you almost made the back handspring on the balance beam
then walked over as I hung upside down on the monkey bars
and cocked my head to one side, yours to the other
and you kissed me, five years before Spiderman
That's when I knew I was in trouble
After indulging our inner seven year olds on the playground
we raced to indulge our inner seventeen year olds
your tafeta dress (or chiffon, I don't know) tore a little
as we crawled under the chain link fence
and travelled back in time ten years
right back to that night on the Bridge To NoWhere
You hopped up onto the guardrail, raised your dress a tad
as interstate traffic rushed beneath us
the whoosh of semis made your hair dance under the streetlight
you pulled me close & wrapped your legs around mine
undid my rented bowtie and silken cumberbund
when the passing cars noticed and honked their horns
unbuttoning, unzipping, unsnapping, unhooking, undressing
undoing every second that had passed us by
but feeling as if not a moment had ever slipped
since we'd seen each other last (as you walked down the jetway)
And we stood motionless for what seemed like forever
after we saw the headlights of the only police car in town
Before we ran off the other side of the Bridge To NoWhere
