lonely_pride pete i smiled and waved as i closed her door and took a hit of my lonely pride i rode to see her smile one last time, though in the past few meetings we had already had our goodbyes she stood in the middle of the road, i smiled and waved, handing back her sweater and a cd that i had made yet as the day went on i had to go i smiled and waved as i closed her door and took a hit of my lonely pride we sat on the curb watching life pass us by beneath the late summer sun until the evening had begun we ran to the river, all four smiling wide, jumped in in our underwear with no shame to hide yet as the day went on it had to go i smiled and waved as i closed her door and took a hit of my lonely pride when we left the waters, all smiles had faded except the one perched upon my single face they rushed to the house, closed the door behind, rushed to the bathroom and showered in time yet as the day went on it had to go i smiled and waved as i closed her door and took a hit of my lonely pride i stayed downstairs, alone with the art, walked room to room with a darkness calling they came down, rejecting the smell of the water they so wilfully enjoyed, unwilling to see weeds as clean yet as the day went on it had to go i smiled and waved as i closed her door and took a hit of my lonely pride we sat in the living room, i didn't like their eyes, three with whom i felt so comfortable made me want to hide 'pete you stink' they finally declared, i grimaced and declined, got up and went to the door i smiled and waved as i closed her door and took a hit of my lonely pride 040831 ... pete *sighs* city people pretending to be from small towns fail horribly and make me take another hit of my lonely pride... 040831 ... pete and when the pride fades, only lonliness remains 040831 ... doar . 040901 what's it to you? who go blather from