Between Two Pillars: The Prison Of Rhyme

The Prison Of Rhyme

Got a moment?
Can you hold it?
I’ve been told that it was you at the axe
So I’m just asking…
Were we never aligned?
Left me perching in the prison of rhyme
To rattle my tin in the prison of rhyme

Are they honest?
These tectonic
Freight train emotions spitting through your lips?
The hull is breaching…
We both left something behind
Partitioned away in the prison of rhyme
Hiding clichés in the prison of rhyme

Hey Mary
On the contrary
I’m not as scary as you’d like them to think
So quit winking…
I’m just waiting in line
To pay my dues in the prison of rhyme
Losing my muse in the prison of rhyme



I heard you were
Spreading a rumor
Sense of humor’s not what it used to be, obviously
But this ain’t funny…
We both did our time
Stringing bait hooks in the prison of rhyme
Teasing rebukes in the prison of rhyme

Hey Mary
On the contrary
I’m not as scary as you’d like them to think
So quit winking…
I’m just waiting in line
Ever searching in the prison of rhyme
Rattle my tin in the prison of rhyme



February 6, 2006