prelude to afterward

i am still living with your ghost.
you goose. moving on and out of here
making it to the bad guy's sleepwalk.
stealing marina docks in the thick of the night.
all those sundowns coming back to us
as the world dies. i'm still dreaming
of your face. where were you when i could
have been. i'm the bad guy. let's get this over with.
the world past the breakers is full of water.
fire on the surface doesn't burn
but here we are, ashes.