These Days

These Days

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We used to be really in love and then we broke up once or twice, I'm not sure.
For a while we hated each other. Sometimes it was you, sometimes it was me.
I've got feelings I won't talk about, though. I'm pretty sure I don't want to know yours.
Can't we leave it all back in Chicago? I think I'd much rather tell people that we're just friends.

Because these days 
it's a cinch to play coy 
until it subsides.
We sink back to white noise.
Cast by a forgotten romance.
I set the stakes high,
leave the rest up to chance.

It's hard to know just how to be tactful, or if I'm only thinking of myself.
But it's really not as weird as it could be. I can't remember the last time that I was upset.

Because these days
we use prudence and poise
until we subside
and sink back to white noise.
Cast by without even a glance.
I set the stakes high,
leave the rest up to chance.