The world is full of hits and near-misses:
Fits of drugs and kisses mixed to fix
The schisms and splits of life-
Like licks of lollipops the tops of spliffs lit,
Sipped down and held in
To erase the mind of words like 'sin'
And big, thick, simple as a crucifix words
Like 'empty' and 'father' and 'blue.'
The kind of words that stare down at you
Like brick walls to tall to climb,
Too thick to break through,
So turn your eyes and lean into
It, set your back against it,
Its all right lets all pretend it.
Fenced in pretenders, we lend our members
To lovely others because love remembers-
Better off together and severed
Than left alone and lost forever.
Better off better off better off
Lofted skyline scrapers stacks of paper
Bills, will to live has built us hills of steel,
Rockets full of gears and wheels--
Anything to feel we're real.