Tuesday, April 25, 2000

perfecting the swing


one more cigarette

no more voices

from across the room

to breathe

the air is getting thin

king again for a day or two

much smoke in one lung

out the other

day he saw a ghost

reminded him of himself

not long ago

wish on an empty star

could have been the one

to take him away from the madness

sadness drags him behind

hitting every stone with his head

somehow knocking some sense

into or out of sleep stolen

from all those around him

there is no one thought

two million all at once

there was an empty heart

filled now with love for self

can’t think of why

it always turns out this way

or that pit is what he avoids

daily swinging and missing

and missing the point is

perfecting the swing

and soon he will hit the ball

head on doesn’t matter how far

it goes as long as he puts it in play

the game may never

end unless of course he quits

when he is ahead or behind

it’s all the same…


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