give me my
impatient traffic
in bed with all this freedom
from discovery
oh yes you do take control
oh yes
look, i couldn't stop, i had to
fall in good and willing
i want you again may i show you
here i am gold-pressed
i gambled everything
it's hard for me making a fool of myself
as many times as you like
and i — i'm on board
i promise:
you and i
will
surrender the old ways
one day
(Erasure. Source: Script from Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Season 1, Episode 2 “Past Prologue”)
Adrienne Crezo is an editor and writer. She lives in a kind of treehouse in Ohio with her family.