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By Echolocation Date: 2001 Dec 12 Comment on this Work [[2001.12.12.19.25.18025]] |
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Once, being independent was a game There were rules (don't bring home strangers) (call your mother once a week because she worries) and tests (can you take yourself out to a play alone?) (can you watch a Kodak commercial without crying?) and important things to do and not do (do have a life outside of work) (don't listen to Air Supply when you've been drinking) It was hard, challenging I didn't choose it But I determined to win it So I played it hard and I played it well And eventually I won I take out my own trash Pay my own taxes Squire myself out to dinner Bought my own home Even squash my own spiders But cooking for one isn't as fun as it used to be And a two-car garage looks silly with only one car in it And a place setting for one doesn't look strong anymore, it just looks lonely And no matter how I twist and turn I can't give myself a backrub And soothing my own nightmares has lost its appeal So how do I get to the next level Where I get to play with a partner? |