Breathing

he was

playing

Paul Simon's

song

boy in the bubble

over

and

over

it got to

be crazy

so I said

to him

dude...

next tune..

OK?

and that’s when

he went

a bit nuts

yelling that

every song

should include

an accordion

"its like

breathing ...

its like

life ...

this song means

everything

to me ...

don't you understand?

you of all people

should understand

!"

OK

OK

I took to

the couch

alone in the

living room

and sat

with my beer

he came up

to me

a while later

"I’m sorry

for yelling dude

I just happen

to like that

song

a lot"

like a bomb in

a baby carriage

eh?

"like my life

depends on

it"

I walked to the kitchen

and turned the

CD off

I opened the

fridge

and grabbed another

beer

opened it ...

it was breathing

it was breathing