we rise and we shine
we get up and go out
wide eyes glide
side to side
we suspect and we doubt
and give less than a thought
to what life is about

we make do with what's there
we make hay in the sun
heave, ho, go
toe to toe
'til the workday is done
and, backs turned to each other,
go home, one by one

and read books about love
and watch films about war
and give Sundays to God -
Oh, come let us adore! -
drown our sins in cheap booze
'til our souls are no more

I've got two bucks to spend
I've got one damn to give
I've got no one to love
'cause my heart is a sieve
and I've spent my whole life
without learning to live

and I know that I'm ranting
and rambling on
kindly rewind my mind
'til this brain cloud moves on
and just let me be silent
until it's gone.

01/06/2007

Author's Note: *

Posted on 01/07/2007
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