HOOKIE WITH YOUR LIFE

wasted ­
summer's coming round this way
you wait but you don't return
water behind the dam will burn

sky-lights in the winter
fires in the spring
apartments on your left hand
right hand's filled with ring
another crusty waterfall
drywall in the rain
Chinese slumber parties washing down the drain
why did you play hookie with your life today?
don¹t you know it's time to grow up?
neon tastes like butter
woodchairs in the sun
there's a granite floor from where you want to come
someone else's making money with your time
a red-bucket for bathing
an action for the rhyme
why did you play hookie with your life today?
don't your neighbors care if your curtains are half there?
6:00 is dinner
10:00 are drinks
2:00 are funnies
4:00 I think
another time of answers
questions put on hold
there's water behind you, that's why (when) you get old
someone here is waiting to make another call
to tell you how you're going to live
at least through the fall
then you flay around, a mask in your back pouch
Chinese babies don't know how to say "ouch"
why did you play hookie with your life today?
do you think you'll bend?
do you think you deserve to mend ­ yourself?

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as transcribed by Sarah L-G