Why We Broke Up

Like a tie at a tag sale, some perfect thing in a crate of nothing, you were just there, uninvited, and now suddenly the party was over and you were all I wanted, the best gift.

another empty gesture you slipped into my hand like a bad bribe

You either have the feeling or you don’t

the thing with your heart’s desire is that your heart doesn’t even know what it desires until it turns up. Like a tie at a tag sale, some perfect thing in a crate of nothing, you were just there, uninvited, and now suddenly the party was over and you were all I wanted, the best gift.

the thing with your heart’s desire is that your heart doesn’t even know what it desires until it turns up.

s not like I hadn’t seen you before. Everyone had, you’re like, I don’t know, some movie everyone sees growing up, everybody’s seen you, nobody can remember not seeing you.

you stepped into the house and my whole life.

Hawk Davies. You either have the feeling or you don’t

I’m dumping this box on your porch, Ed, but it is you, Ed, who is getting dumped.

I don’t smoke, although it looks fantastic in films.