It's not my fault.

[jackshoegazer]

Sometimes
I get into a phase-
a rhythm
of assonance
and alliteration.

(And I can't stop
the slinky slump
of perforated pumps,
raising these rarefied
and rambling celestial seas
which appear to appease
and release me.)

But it's not my fault,
and I want to make that
clear.

(That these dreams-
whether for penance or
pleasure-
despise the effort,
despite the ever
increasing tempo;
a bass gestapo,
a treble train,
a bumblebee melody,
repeating
repeating
in front
of me.)

And this isn't where I started,
and it's not where I belong,
but this is where I am,
so I just sing along.


(C)2005 JJP