Reciprocity


i woke steve up

while he was dreaming

a pleasant state of

R.E.M.

with no sense

of reality

a halogen lamp

was on his chair 

thoughts of guitars

and rock and roll

in a picture book

on the shelf

imagine by Lennon

was over the Yamaha

a desk drawer full

of pocket change 

(chorus)

and i'm sitting on the front porch and i'm

making fun

of those who walk by

cracking jokes

of inside humour

the laughter stopped

with reciprocity 

saw a sign

red as crayola

from my windows barren view

let the cards fall

in the month of may

i've been too scared

to throw them away 

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