"You there!" shouted the boy with the bat.
He flew on Pegasus wings to meet you there,
Below century tree, coughing in leafy fits
And remember yesterday, I swear
I've never loved you more.

"Me?" I mutter, turning in time to see
I made up beautiful eyes to see you there,
Below millennium tree, coughing in leafy fits
Of self-diagnosed depression, will the
Cancer spread?

"Don't look at me!" shouted the boy with the bat.
"Don't even glance my way!
I ripped up Pegasus wings
And chopped down epoch tree
To meet her there."

I turn away, silent,
And sit down in the shade beneath
Aeon tree. "You think I'm a monster,"
The boy with the bat sobs
And I can't bring myself to nod.

Because I see far too much of myself
In the leaves of forever tree
And the face of the boy with the bat.