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How difficult it is to act cool
when the current
of the time is just too hot
not get into the flow
when you know
what time it is
when, once the fuse is lit
you've been exposed, pros
you know as 100 percent legit
are getting hit
with the same rap sheet
sometimes being too positive
gets you more time
cause the people on top
just don't stop lying on us...
apparently, In God We Trust
wasn't meant to apply to US
Tell the Prez to stop
smoking that Angel dust
not to get a spontaneous signal
to override the negative factions
usual reaction when you're
tired of the usual BULL
to ride in the backside
of the bus, except when its just us
cracking jokes too impolite for other folks
uninvited. complicated. too excited
too tightly wound not to irreverently...
get! Down! got no hip I.D. Don't need it
to get you in there is no free pass.
Just tell them you are in
with the wind, just passing through
if they say it again
tell them you just passed gas
who asked you
Ask Autumn if it got the call
chill in the night air
leaves die in a burst of colors
turn brown and lay down
whether or not when
the wind kicks in
they shake, rattle and roll
drop from the trees
and ride the wind,
winding down
from its place way up high
falling through a brief flight
a space in time
catching the breeze no more
perhaps even land
in a moving stream
where one journey ends
and the next journey begins
joining its old friends
a sparkling brook
and a gentle breeze
but, then... lying dead,
on the forest floor
looking up, to where it used to be
riding the wind, no, more...
Now, here
where the night life
has new definition
down here, where
everybody gets down
to believe in
hanging on in there
A guilt trip for people
going back in the trees
(in their minds)
Imagine that
after the leaves
get their calling
rivers of frigid air
falling through space
coming to carry them home
making them shiver and quake
if you listen very carefully
go outside and ask them
do they cry in the wind
or just ask...for a good seat
on their flight
last dance
with your home tree
time to get into the fall y'all
Before your season
and your curtain call tour,
does its customary adieu
do a perfect posthumous
reverse swan dive, about face
right into a box just your size
And you take
a well earned nap
and a last free ride
C2
