06-30-2013, 08:58 PM
"Still a Caterpillar"
I sat in the corner of the corridor
Crying eternal tears.
The janitor came to mop them
Up, as if a dog just sprayed
On the floor.
They said twenty laps around
The circular hallway was a mile.
I never tried to walk it.
Besides, the Ativan and Haldol
Make the effort of counting
Nearly impossible.
Some pretty nurse interns try to
Pry me from my coma.
They wanted me to play a board
Game with them.
They might try to get to know me.
New shame
Everyone gets to leave
With a new label.
Some people get re stamped.
I seek a better bargain than that.
There are new engineers working
On the machinery.
Self-induced exorcisms happen daily.
Sometimes the holy water feels
Like my own sweat.
What do they care if I'm playing the
Role of Uriah Heep.
We're all skeletons dancing
In the mud.
I sat in the corner of the corridor
Crying eternal tears.
The janitor came to mop them
Up, as if a dog just sprayed
On the floor.
They said twenty laps around
The circular hallway was a mile.
I never tried to walk it.
Besides, the Ativan and Haldol
Make the effort of counting
Nearly impossible.
Some pretty nurse interns try to
Pry me from my coma.
They wanted me to play a board
Game with them.
They might try to get to know me.
New shame
Everyone gets to leave
With a new label.
Some people get re stamped.
I seek a better bargain than that.
There are new engineers working
On the machinery.
Self-induced exorcisms happen daily.
Sometimes the holy water feels
Like my own sweat.
What do they care if I'm playing the
Role of Uriah Heep.
We're all skeletons dancing
In the mud.