you tell me night comes sooner on the east coast

i have tried so many times to remedy this. i have
set out bowls of sugar for the sky to lap up.
i have drilled holes in the sun so that light
keeps bleeding onto our faces. we are driving
& i know i am not going to see you again.
your foot on the dashboard. a siren losing its head
spits everything we want to say. go go go.
give me what you have. do you remember
how cold it would get in the city?
breathing on each other hands, the darkness 
had chocolate. had velvet & bone. standing 
shoulder to shoulder in a corner store. 
this is all i've ever known. i'm not traveled. 
i'm not a worldly person. i slip from bedroom
to bedroom. a shadow gardener. what if we 
just decided to chase the dark? would we always be
citizens of this nowhere place? i at least would not
have to figure out how to say goodbye.
to the day. to your open window. to my face
in your sunglasses. my taillights turn into fangs.
ride the snake. ride the bus. the plane.
please tell me about the water when you can.
tell me how the sun dissolves. let me know
when it is dark so i can be not alone again.