Earth Air Water Trees

through the shifting colors in the sky
 i heard the wild geese call.
 and the liwas bright and clear and cold
 over eastern montreal
 and although, i know
 you're only toying with me now,
 and although, i know
 you hold your affection for me like a bone on a string
 i love you, i love you because
 you gave me sausage and cheese when i was hungry.
 you hold your closed hand out to me
 and you told me to guess what you had inside
 and i had a thousand guesses and some of them were good
 but i knew for some reason that i was losing my mind
 when the scent came rising
 through the spaces between your fingers
 when the scent called to me
 and i knw we'd last at least until the end of december
 i love you, i love you because
 you gave me sausage and cheese when i was hungry