North Songtext
von Anthony Savino

calling strangers family
calling this cinder block a home
I know these walls can′t protect me
if they drop the bomb
calling mostly family
from an ancient phone
weed is worth the waitlist
liquor's worth the loan


friends get into school further up north
where the green line stumbles through the night
saw the seasons change
from the back of a silent commuter train
the windowpane was cold

got a text about a bonfire
old friends spread out on a lawn
now the party′s over
now the friends are gone

married now, I guess, further up north
where the taxis dance through the lights
nothing to save
last dollar went out to the MBTA
Boston's getting cold