She never should rented this apartment in the Mortal City The cold comes though every crack she her hand up to The radiator's broken so she has to use heat
And tonight was the first date the brother Of the guy she next to He lived a couple away, he listened, he had things to say She him up for dinner sometime, sometime was tonight
The radio gave updates on the ice storm while she the dinner They said from all the talk you shouldn't drive or even walk and this in We're asking everyone to turn off their power, need it at the hospital
She ran around pulling plugs, then she him up now they shouldn't meet, he said that he would brave the streets She met him at the door a blanket and a candle Saying, "I heard it on the radio, I had to my power off"
He said, "You're not the only one, the streets were tonight It was like another With dim lamps and candles lighting up the icy And the and a covered moon"
She said, "What of people make a city where you can't see the sky And you can't the ground? I tell you something, I have this feeling this city's dying" He said, "It's not dying, the people who are dying"
She said, "Yes yes, I the people are dying and nobody cares We had all technology, our dreams were bold and vague And then one got bad planners, one city got the plague"
He asked, "Why did you here?" She said, "For the job, for the job And I've been so lonely here, so lonely, there's no one I can to And I even know your brother"
He smiled and said, "Sometimes at night I walk out by the The city's one big town, the water turns it down People found this city because they love other They want secretaries, they want their power lunches"
"And think tonight, I heard the same newscast you did I unplugged everything, I looked out the and I think the city heard I watched as one by one the lights off So they could their power to the hospital"
They ate in silence while she this over They sat in a dark room in the Mortal City Shifting in their blankets so they get spaghetti on them
Then the awkward moment after dinner, what to do The ice was still falling, the were still dangerous The cabs were not running and this neighborhood was not the
They both looked at the where a couch would've been She her stomach sink, she felt like she could hardly think
She said, "I never should have rented this apartment in the City The cold comes through every crack I put my up to The radiator work, I have to use electric heat"
That settled it, they would both sleep in her bed, it was a of survival She out teeshirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, hats If there was ever any thought of what happen in that bed tonight
There was no question now, they barely move They wrapped up like ornaments waiting for another season
lay in bed, they listened to the pelting ice He said, "My not a bad guy, he's just quiet I wished you this city", she said, "Maybe I do"
"I think I have a special of hearing tonight I hear the upstairs, I hear my heart beating I hear one thousand beating at the hospital"
And one thousand hearts by their waiting Saying my love in the white gown We are not lost in the City We are not lost in the Mortal