Stay

         “That's what I meant to say” David Bowie

Because I can't spell
damp & stupid

I won't.
Do know a bit about locomotion:

Cupid in a roller coaster
masquerading as The Bus

& all love's children
buddied up to boot.

Express wheels flashing
in the bituminous sun.

Propped for the next stop,
you believed we had fingers

in order to hold hands
& testified to such all day long.

Tearing off inclement tokens
he loves me, he loves me not

you clutched & clung
until I couldn't tell the difference

between hug & hell.
Who could remain the night

but not spend any of it?
As if promised to is the same as.