The sand is sucking at my feet
through the goddamn floor
It's pulling and sucking at my feet
'til they are so fucking sore
A bit of gravel is rubbing me raw
in my worn left shoe
Scratching my mind 'til I'm blind
and don't know what to do.

Once I swore and swore and swore
to swear no more, no more
But I still couldn't make it to
that goddamn open door
So now I just grin and bear it
and wonder what I did to merit
Life in this sand trap, this oceanless beach.
Just my little hovel; one door, one window
I sink into the sand
So that I cannot stand
And I wonder: Where did all the joy and sin go?

04/12/2006

Posted on 04/12/2006
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