Cross Purposes

CROSS PURPOSES

We're always at cross purposes
Never see the same sky, never crave the same pie
We're skidding on all surfaces
Never keep the same time
Never choose the same rhyme
Never drink the same wine
Laying out our thoughts
Seldom overlapping in those misty settings where
Well-suited lovers' dreams compare
Your longitudes are my latitudes
Two ingenus with two different attitudes
Your microscopes are my telescopes
My elephants are your antelopes
There's no need for this nervousness
Walking on these eggshells, answering these doorbells
We can uncross our purposes
We don't have to force things
Marry or divorce things
Talk until we're hoarse things
Never take the same route
Never play the same flute
Just not right as lovers
But our friendship covers empathy and trust
And sincere affection
Though the mismatched romance fails
You know we'll be tremendous pals

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