December

We're drinking
sherry out of egg cups
and listening to Taylor Swift
turned up too loud

she's going back to December

we're going back to the time when
life was
simple
like these lyrics
this melody

we sing along
to recapture
youth
and all its unfulfilled promises.

Big Red Balloon

(yes, my post title is a Nick Cave song reference, in case you were wondering)

Take It, Take Another Little Piece Of My (Gingerbread) Heart