And when we get there,
As I lose fifty bucks next
To Jami
And Cheyanne slips pennies into slot machines
With David and Lesley,
And as we sip free drink
After free drink,
As a mother loses a child,
And a father leaves behind his family,
As a jaguar starves,
And a gazelle runs free,
As Graham smokes cigarettes,
And Levi,
And Mark,
And Matt,
And David,
And Anna,
And Thomas drinks quietly,
And as car windows steam up,
And cool sheets stretch taught,
Wrapping and turning around anxious feet
Like seaweed around a sunken chest,

The universe is expanding to infinity,
And stars are dying,
And the clouds are still lighting up,
And everything goes on
Like everything always goes on.