Night Moves

[saw]

my friend Joe Spears that lived up the street from me
had this garage with a finished room above it
and a long gray staircase from the outside
that you could tiptoe up to the entrance door
on dark nights with your girlfriend
trying not to giggle too much from the effects
of the Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill wine
so Joe's father wouldn't wake up and chase you
with his Louisville Slugger

[sasha]

had a room like that myself when I was a boy
a steep narrow staircase from the family room
and this big double bay window
overlooking the hills of Vermont to the west
when my bro and I smoked dope we'd open it wide
so our dad wouldn't smell it
eventually he noticed all the spent matches
musta put two & two together
but he never said anything about it