How many hours have we spent paw in paw?
How many in each other's arms?
At how high a skew have we been living?
The hours are surely too many to count.
And why should we bother with such a number?
How many hours have we spent paw in paw?
We live our lives in fast time,
the world around us a pitch-drop.
At how high a skew have we been living?
Our days are their hours,
Our hours pass in the blur of stories.
How many hours have we spent paw in paw?
So we spend our time with fingers interlaced.
So we while away the long days in loveliness.
At how high a skew have we been living?
It does not matter. Why would it?
Any who might care must answer to time.
How many hours have we spent paw in paw?
At how high a skew have we been living?