senators and comedians and dirty blondes. and their friends. the political and the satirical and the lyrical. unfolding lives embrace. lipstick and quick goodbyes. wiped off without a trace. mixing with the fixers. believing too soon. there’s too many toms working this room. a wheelbarrow of vonneguts is worth ten times your glory box of grishams. and while you succumb to your hairdresser’s hands and your frost-bitten contemplations. the threat of terror expands. no time for meditation. another world explodes. and universal kindness continues its constant surrender and endless retreat. it’s just so much meat. you joyfully consume. until your reign of error staggers on the rocks of re-invention. along with any good intentions. breathless and shame-faced. sweating blood and holding your chest. you wake up. but not in the same place. stratospheric. kind of scary. anatomic. quite contrary. big botanic. airy fairy. stratospheric. kind of scary. atmospheric. light and breathless. sweet and hot and always restless. you always wanted to know who was on the guest list. then as expected. you left and i get to watch my own crash landing. in slow motion. with endless repeats. and shots of my feet. incandescent. raw and hairy. apocalyptic. garden fairies. stratospheric. kind of scary. it only takes a little praise. to be an evil thing. it wears a big fat diamond ring. it only takes a little praise. to forget that yesterday. you promised not to lose your head. but you lost it anyway. it's always the way. big speeches are made. humility is held up high. virtue won’t be denied. and then at the first hurdle it falls. never to be seen again. you’ve been doing it for so long. you forgot your humble song. don’t believe the yes men and boys. who follow you around and play with your toys. don’t forget what you promised. guess it's been so long. you forgot your humble song. and now you walk around acting like everyone’s waiting to hear what you’ve heard. but you can’t even remember the words. when nothing can go wrong. you should remember your humble song.