Eighties

I tell you, I barely
recall the Eighties,

so when “Vienna” came on the radio
it meant nothing to me at first, and I had to think
hard to remember that it was done by Ultravox,
and then I knew
I had been here before:

the way you smelled
in Lupo’s back corner
overpowered the beer on the floor

it didn’t feel
like Europe
it felt like the New World
in the arms of the Old

but then came Killing Joke
and then came Smithereens;

yes,
that seems about right.