that your love wasn't there
that the recession hadn't ended
and we'd never heard of Lilith fair
that my mother'd forgotten me
that my daddy'd forsaken me
that my friends didn't even recognize me
and i was drowning in a sorrow pool
i dreamt that is was so cold
the cold war had restarted
we'd invaded Africa
bomb the f out of them like Hiroshima
and i was lost in Somalia
crying with the children
running with lions and bears
gazelles being eaten crossing the water
so i went thirsty for days and weeks
years since i'd had a perm
wriggling through life like a worm
blessed with wings so i could fly
but afraid to lift off..
i dreamt that madoff was walking free
laughing at the white collar cacophony
man life was a comedy
that was my dream...
and
i
woke
up
shaking...
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