I like the way you greet me As though you’re waiting to meet m… Without the opportunity Of doing so discreetly You ought not to do

The rope is thin Burning your hands As you try to climb To the top You think

If I had to wait Millions of years Unreasonable Serious Travesty

Even when I wanted to run Straight for the hills I stayed here Taking my pills Pretending there are birds

When you think That I’m staring off into space I’m thinking About space itself How space and time interlock

I walk this stretch Most mornings The tall grass Still glistening with dew The tracks are wet

If you could climb To the tops of the mountains Swim in water fountains What would you yell At the stars?

Wondering why history repeats, rep… Into a muddled mass That just comes back Haunting us all Calculating

Eat the pumpkin Stupid parrot Stop mocking me And calling me names I hate playing those games

Despite the lies I tell myself I know the truth Will always haunt me Like unsolved murders I lay awake thinking

It’s funny How I let my guard down Just ironically Periodically I contradict myself

If I was a stone falling from you… As you were holding on For dear life Would you reach out for me? If I were a tall

Honey mustard Paint me yellow Paint by numbers Two and three Never the right

You swing on the trapeze With finesse With ease Not even the breeze Sways you

How can something so right Be so wrong In so many ways? At the same time? Concurrent sentence