The sink is ringing
Again
Far away
A long time ago
What do you do
She asks
Too much
Not enough
Mainly I am elsewhere
Sometimes I spill out
Mostly I am nothing
I collect pennies
But they never drop
drop
shop
mail
box
I cannot leave the floor
Find a way
back
track
back
Broken record
run
walk
stay
Sitting on my hands
Does not stop the thoughts
See
It’s all here in letters
Broken record
Broken book
Such a fancy idea
She munches and crunches
Sweet sugar lumps on a pink afternoon
The chapel is dusted and busted
Is that a bang at the door
Waiting waiting
Ready ready
All fall down
I collect pennies
But they never drop
Fallen woman
Fallen pennies
drop
shop
mail
box
The whole world is fallen words
Troubled not trouble
Sorry not sad
Badly not bad
Scared
Locked in
Not
Out
How it hurts
Every syllable
Every sound
Tender to legend
Sometimes I crash
Sometimes I fall
My head bangs the music on the kitchen wall.
