By dope fiend
Date: 13 May 2000

the idea

the idea
is to awaken
screaming
dreaming
no
more
in a top-down caddie on a desert highway
mesquite flyin' past
one hand on the wheel
finally
suckin' up life like a cold slurpee 
and downin' warm tequila to kill
the headache...

and with you there too it will all
be complete,
finished.
it won't matter 
if we never get where we're goin' 
or how long it takes to get there.
for once we'll say 
that it doesn't get better than this
and it'll be true
and not an attempt
at consolation.
(lead us INTO
temptation...)
we'll just be glad
that we had jobs to quit
and bridges to burn
and roads to drive
and enough to do
for ten lifetimes
and a sunset to catch at some point
on the coast.