a navy blue silhouette of the philadelphia skyline on the sole of my shoe

the sound was yesterday.
and the sound
now gone
is still yesterday.
it was yesterday
but what it not is--was
is a breathing dolphin memory.

when we was what it not is--dolphins together.
the two of us soundworthy
breathing dolphins
dolphins rubbing--together.
the two of us soundworthy--was yesterday
yesterday together.
the two of us was what it not is--was

the two of us in a classroom
and still dolphins
with children soundworthy,
all immune to yesterday.
and the memory was yesterday
and you played guitar--free.
before what it not is was and
before the communion party listened
and yesterday--it was.