Excuse Me

"Excuse Me, Miss"

Pardon me
As I take up
Seven seconds of your time
Excuse me
And my hesitant puffing breath
I’ve spent all day in the fields
Mining for gold
Otherwise
Who or what else would pay for your
Midori Sour
Time’s already fleeting
And I only have six seconds left
Not so much time
Left for me to tell you
Hello
And
Can I buy you a drink?
Five seconds to freedom
As you put your finger in the air
And motion to me:
One second
It’s what you say
As your girlfriend shouts a
Whisper into your ear
And there are four seconds left
And now there are only three
Since I had to tap your shoulder
To get you to
Turn back around
Your eyes are lost as you search for
Something else
And there are two seconds left
On the clock
Tick…tick
The only meaningful sounds
In the joint
As you look into my eyes
And see nothing
But only hear the monotonous
Techno track thumping off the walls
As I was going to tell you
Something you should know:

(Your eyes blindly tell the story of…)
(Your brother is a good man)
(We went to school together)
(I knew your father, he helped me greatly)
(Do you want to dance?)
(I’d like to celebrate the birth of my child)
(I just got engaged)
(What does Obama mean to you?)
(You dropped your camera)
(Can I take a picture for you guys?)
(Do you need a break from them?)
(Hello)

But you didn’t have
Two seconds for me
As you
Walked away
With your friend
To do something
More important


"Excuse Me, Sir"

If you could give me more than
Seven Seconds
I could tell you
You’re the seventh guy to
Give me seven seconds
And that means that
I’ve lost almost a minute of my life
As I walk away with my friend
With the pain of a terrible techno track
Thumping through my head
Mixed with the four shots of
Tequila
My friend forced me to drink
As she tries to get over the pain of
Her life
I told her she was silly for:

(Trying to get over him here)
(Trying to find him here)
(Obsessing over what shoes to wear)
(Obsessing over what anything to wear)
(Wanting to go to the bathroom for no reason)
(Getting angry at her for being prettier)
(Getting angry at her for having the same purse)
(Taking a picture every seven seconds)
(Leaving her dad’s birthday early)
(Not voting this year)
(Not buying her brother a drink)
(Not buying me a drink)

So no,
I didn’t have
Seven, or two seconds
For you
Not here
Not with her