I love to dance upon the stage
Play my thoughts in fits of rage
Alone with my friends within our cage
A million miles from childhood games

Yes, forgive them Father
For they know not what they do
All of us guilty of the ageless crime
It beckons like a shipwreck forecast
Only the strongest to steer away

Man, an animal or higher being?
Just sheep in the flock or ruthless killers?
The debate goes on both day and night
As the lovers love and the fighters fight

There’s a trend on the upgrade
Let us seek and listen, for the better of us all
To play and win
And if you lose, you can’t go far
In your own cage you’re still a star

I love to dance upon the stage
Swing my fists in fits of rage
Alone with my friends within our cage
A million miles from childhood games


© 1973
Revised © Nov. 9, 1976
Inputted and revised © 2023

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03/15/2023

Author's Note: Another example of early experimentation with words and ideas, and what I later came to call monotonous rhyme.

Posted on 03/15/2023
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