i'm up from drinking coffee
too late in the day
going through old photographs
trying to fill a frame
watching british television
hoping for a laugh
pulling at the curtains
for a darker shade of black
thinkin' on the senior this morning
who flipped me the bird
on account of a traffic
indiscretion that occurred
i took that wrinkled finger
as my cross to bear
i hope that ornery oompa-loompa
is feeling lighter than air
i've slipped into tomorrow
the world's oscillating beat
days tumble together
like a tug of war defeat
i've come to know some grace
in accepting a role
there is the rope
and the one who pulls
i settled on the picture
i took of you last fall
sitting on the end of my bed
holding a basketball
beneath your shirt against your belly
as if carrying a child
i looked at you and laughed
and thought 'that would be wild'
and i wonder if that senior this morning
has a baby of his own
maybe she don't answer when he
calls her on the phone
and i've got something beneath my shirt
it's not a ball or a boy
it's a heart weighed down by grief
but still filled up with joy
i've slipped into tomorrow
the world's oscillating beat
days tumble together
like a tug of war defeat
i've come to know some grace
in accepting a role
there is the rope
and the one who pulls
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