Knife cuts Didn't they always cut like A knife Allegory comes true Spine tingling devotion Some weird notion of Privilege Repartee Outthrusts betray demeanor Cuss the world Take on the universe Someone said opportunity Always knocking Peers at you from the Other side of the door All you had to do was Open it Turn the corner Pray you didn't get busted That was another lifetime When they said you could Go free Today's doom is worn clever Like artifice wearing apparel That never fits quite right And is righteously uncomfortable You sit there Stand there tall in the saddle Looking longingly for no roads To travel New adventures to keep And he wonders If he is prepared To die for his sins And there is a chance No one will believe him No one will believe him © 1999 lgjaffe Copyright © © 1999 lgjaffe 1999

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