avoirdupois

“And it’s time, time,
time” the singer slurs;
a prize if you can name

the singer, or tell me why
I sing along, almost in
time, time, time.

The singer slurs. It’s
time, time, time,
he told us why

he sings like this to us,
making it seem worse,
my sly duplicity.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 30th, 2003 at 10:59 PM and filed under Old stuff, Poetry. Trackbacks are closed.

One Response to “avoirdupois”

  1. bettyb said:

    Tom Waits is God.

    1 Sweetie(s) given

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