Welcome to my world
today at a quarter past three
attempting to churn my blood
and sinew
into culture
soulful and sensory

Why does everything
have to be so
Sisyphus hard
for poor old me

Yes it's all for one!
and all insane
The victims are running
the asylum again

I need to claim my life
even if it often seems
like some important themes
keep getting put on hold

Why can't someone just come up
with an easy fix for
my pain
I wake up to it
every morning
again and again

Professional tv counselors
like Dr. Phil up my afternoon
tell me I have to do it all myself
Where should I begin?

They say in the smallest room
Have a look around
take a broom
and for sure you are in
so to speak

maybe I need to take
some magic mushrooms
to find the missing link
and listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
and the Band's Music from Big Pink

So far I keep my faith with
prescription pills
like Fontex and Seroquell

Is that wise?

Couldn't I experience
a flash of enlightenment
believe in something.
Light sticks of
incense
on my altar
Watch the smoke rings

Or win the Triss
scratch-off lottery
Find a life worth living
away from the calendar and the clock
Come on now
breathe deeply Lou

And claim my life
Even if it often seems
like some very important themes
keep getting put on hold
so to speak

the apache kid