yesterday

by lebris

Posted to Action Poetry on 2003-08-18 12:01:00

yesterday i was a capricorn
but the moon got too bright
i spun
and made up an exit
got out of there fast

why can’t i be like a sidewalk?:
happy when she walks on me

i never learned how to sing
and maybe now i’ll die
maybe now i’ll find a forest
where the bears can find me
maybe they’d let me change my mind
why can’t anyone let me change my mind?

why are there constellations
who draws those lines?
i saw a firetruck in the sky last night
and the cardinal thought i was mad
he laughed at me from his tree
and i shot him in the dark
and said,
“who’s laughing now?”
and then cried.

i think tomorrow i’ll be a libra
but today i’ll just be me.

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