new ears
Posted: March 4th, 2023, 10:40 am
the siren pierced my head
on its way down the street
a flu flu arrow splitting my memory,
I'm alive.....sometimes I forget
sometimes I'm on the outside
a peeping tom peering through the glass
at a grainy sepia of a time lost
I see flashes that I recognize
when I cheated the devil, but now
the card game is stacked with strangers
and the getaway car's gears are rusty
and do not mesh up.....
ergo backfiring
sputtering
I'll need more than just a tweak
more than a poor man's tune-up
the overhaul will mean stripping down
to the bone and a new coating of reimagined flesh
new eyes to see the world
new ears to hear the music
on its way down the street
a flu flu arrow splitting my memory,
I'm alive.....sometimes I forget
sometimes I'm on the outside
a peeping tom peering through the glass
at a grainy sepia of a time lost
I see flashes that I recognize
when I cheated the devil, but now
the card game is stacked with strangers
and the getaway car's gears are rusty
and do not mesh up.....
ergo backfiring
sputtering
I'll need more than just a tweak
more than a poor man's tune-up
the overhaul will mean stripping down
to the bone and a new coating of reimagined flesh
new eyes to see the world
new ears to hear the music