She clutches onto his protruding hips   for dear life   Going down   She is going under   She wishes he were emotional   or something approaching tenderness   Outside the weather beats a little harder   than her heart   Not even this will keep them together   She makes love   He makes time pass a little less painfully   One and the same perhaps   This time it could be everything   It's enough reason for staying   It's enough to make you want to die   The hardest part is trying   not to make a mess of it all   It's all we have to be thankful for.