Svetlana sucks lemons across from me   And I am progressing abominably   And I do not know my own way to the sea   But the saltiest sea knows its own way to me      And the city that turns, turns protracted and slow   And I find myself toeing the embarcadero   And I find myself knowing the things that I knew   Which is all that you can know on this side of the blue      And Jaime has eyes black and shiny as boots   And they march at you, two-by-two, re-loo re-loo   When she looks at you, you know she's nowhere near through   It's the kindest heart beating this side of the blue      And the signifieds butt heads with the signifiers    And we all fall down slack-jawed to marvel at words   While across the sky sheet the impossible birds   In a steady, illiterate movement homewards      And Gabriel stands beneath forest and moon   See them rattle and boo, see them shake, see them loom   See him fashion a cap from a page of Camus   See him navigate deftly this side of the blue      And the rest of our lives will the moments accrue   When the shape of their goneness will flare up anew   And we do what we have to do, re-loo re-loo   Which is all you can do on this side of the blue   Oh it's all that you can do on this side of the blue