Lines

[Doreen Peri]

wrote this with LR a coupla years ago... i think it's in his book..

i have lines around my eyes 'cause i'm way later
than i should be to meeting myself in bed....gnight.... I have no explainations......

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Lines

there may be no sex, no sleep,
no sense, no cigarettes to find,
but there are lines. there are many many lines.

there are linebackers, lineage trackers
thin lines between love and hate.
there are lines dividing highways,
lines to do it my way,
parallel lines which never meet
and lines that come too late.
lines of defense to greet the day,
lines of litany and praise,
passing lines and lasting lines
which cannot go away.

there are clotheslines and power lines
and one day we'll all reach the finish line
and we can get in line or not,
the closest distance between one spot
and the next a straight line drawn
down a pipeline and a lifeline worn.
somewhere down the line
you could be in line for a raise,
put it on the line
as long as your bottom line figure is met
and you could have to tow the line
with what you lined your pockets with,
not with what you spent.

there are plumblines and middle lines.
you could be out of line or over the line
and forget your lines on stage.
you could paint your eyes with eyeliner,
align yourself with hope or rage!
there are designs for bedliners,
linemen, line drives and line-ups,
hairlines and faultlines.
there are liner notes
and ducks lined up in a row.
it might take a mastermind
to distinguish the realignments
of lines you know you should know

there may be no voice, no ear,
no sense, no agreements signed.
but there are lines. there are many many lines.

there are in-line skates,
timelines, bylines and asinines,
maligns, and waits in lines at the bank,
oceanliners, one liners, wheel realigners,
cosigners and clouds lined with silver.
there are hotlines and tan lines and party lines
but i ain't gettin' in that line!
i ain't gettin' in that line!

there is white line fever,
lined up parking meters,
lines from the mouths of pranksters and mischievers.
it's all lined up for the taking, no faking it,
it's at our command,
but i ain't gonna stand in line either,
i hope you understand.
maybe the most important line
is the shoreline.
come here, let us dine.

there may be no food, no drink,
no place to rest or think,
but there are lines.
there are many many lines.
there's the beeline and the bye-bye line,
America Online, the drop me a line
and the what's my line?
you can tow the line or walk the line
and cross the line or swallow
the whole damn storyline
hook, line and sinker.

you have a fine line, perhaps.
mine is bold, in fact.
we all gotta timeline and then
there's the line of no return.

[Redstormy]

Wow love your mind, I could never come up with all this with one word. I read something this reminded me of. It was the most powerful word in American language. The word was "shit". Yours is even better. I enjoyed this.

Red