there was a new song on the air. 

I saw you coming across the square. 

and a white bird broke the dark korean sky 

as the rest of my life went by 



I had your warm hand on my face. 

I took your index finger in between my teeth, 

and I held it gently in place. 

it was resting lightly on my tongue in there. 

I saw you shaking in the cold korean air. 

[and] there but for the grace of the lord of song 

I would be this very second and I'm coming right along. 

you had your cardigan on. 

I looked toward the sky and the white bird was gone. 

I remember your eyelids. 

I remember your body now