johnny mcqueen

horses

for courses

my mind

knows what i'll do

think of you

uncontrolled

parolled

failed

bailed

arrest

confessed

the rest

is history

no mystery

verging mary

cigarette smoke

elegant pose

her style

grows

she holds

our awe

like never

before

a rose

in town

a backless

black gown

shimmers

so chic

soft

so meek

beyond

belief

perfect

in structure

desperate

to touch her

the sheen

i have seen

is a vision

of heaven

in my prison

of hell

real?

can't tell

who can?

i'm a mere man

hitch hike hers

the writer

continues

despite her

using you

the player

plays

'take her'

he says

write

can't quite

delight

to despise

tears

in his eyes

fears

for her lies

the writer's

a fighter

home-work-home

fingers to the bone

the user's

a loser

take-take-take

she's a real fake

...of avondale

the way from the maze

is one and direct

'so many ways...'

is a faulted concept

the king with no country

the love with no hate

oh Charles how you taught me

how you never taught Kate

the land was in rags

haggard and torn

you promised it riches

then watched yourself fall

still hounding the cause

'til the conclusive day

you'd lose all your wars

but win Katherine O'Shea

oh captain, my captain

they damned you to hell

but i know you grace heaven

we're with you Parnell

passed

the past goes

the future never comes

seasons change

winter stalls for summer suns

change is constant

constants change

seasons happen

orderly re-arranged

progression is forwards

backwards and still

sunsets rise

and the sun sets still

stasis is moving

growing in time

living stagnation

death is alive

day upon day

nothing occurs

to everything happening

set down in verse

the changing of life

is to be believed

believe what you're seeing

not what you percieve

etched on the inside

love me?

does she?

no,

love

doesn't show

hate?

yeah

always there

but i need her

more than i need air

skin

skin

holds life in

your frame

skin made

skin

covers

skin

love us

untouched wonder

skin

thin

skin touched

needed much

skin sky

skinned eye

skin vexed

skin perplexed

skin stretched

a skin enough

a skin to love

asking for love

asking too much

...it's just a skin