Ambrosia

Ambrosia


I wish that I could never drink
Another glass of water
Or breathe another breath of air
All the things that you must think
Seeing your trotter wane to totter
Of them I wish that I didn't care

Maybe then I wouldn't need
So many useless things
Just to get from here to there
Where then I come back 'round again
Nothing gained but worse for wear

I wish that I could never drink
Another glass of water
Or breathe another breath of air
Not for having gorged on grief
So as to seek some slow self-slaughter
But to be stronger than a bee toting a bear

Maybe then I wouldn't need
So many useless things
Just to get from here to there
Where then I come back 'round again
Nothing gained but worse for wear

I wish I didn't need to blow
Smoke rings whenever I do smoke
I wish that I didn't need to sing
Whenever silence joins me on the road
I wish I didn't need to paint
Every visage flown from ebbing dreams
To sleep I'd simply close my eyes
Their lids not a movie projector's screen
I wish that I could punch a clock, kiss a good wife and save up to die
Without all of these useless things
That do nothing but make me feel alive

Nothing gained but worse for wear
Nothing gained, you say, but worse for wear
Well, I wish I didn't care!
I wish that I didn't care!
Maybe then I wouldn't need
So many useless things
Just to get from here to there
Where then I come back 'round again
Where then I come back 'round again
Yeah, here I come back 'round again!

I wish I didn't have a thirst
Like a fool that's tasted ambrosia
I wish I were a bee and not a bear


December 8, 2017