By Misti
Date: 2001 Oct 30
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[[2001.10.30.23.16.1798]]

Another Song

am i...all...right?
alright
wrapped tight
nothing gets out
no fear/no doubt
I belt out "Lonely Teardrops"
           "London Calling"
           "When the Music's Over"
           "Crimson and Clover"
driving through another night
singing to another imaginary audience
I'd like to buy the world a round
but I don't make a sound outside my car
outside the bar
I'm faraway from okay
I say nothing
I whisper
I manage the basics
courtesy is constraint
I ain't "pretty good...how about yourself?"
I'm leaking
I'm speaking in seconds
that slip from my lips
unnoticed
the boundaries don't allow my bellow
hello...am i home?
roaming the back roads
I don't have to think at all
no chinks in the wall
I'm crawling
calling
to the people who know
like I know
but don't let it show
just keep it on the down low
for the neon's glow
the pain won't budge
but neon don't judge.