the kids wanted to leave the love story
they wanted the media out

they said
let's bail

it was his ideas:
leave our real passports at the border
we'll buy new ones from mobsters
and then we'll run from them too

but can we? she asked
yes. he replied

she said:
you sweat in the coldest weather,
the dogs will track us down
this is crazy
you're crazy

and he said:
baby it's worth a try

so she took his hand
but past the border
where they left their passports

her hand fell from his
they parted ways

and invented a different kind of love story.