2.05.2010

Catch the Cat

Here's what happened
In the front of the market
Saturday suburban sprawl
Setting up bowling pins
For kids to knock down

But we've been around
Since the day before yesterday
And the night before that
The girl in the cowboy hat can't sing
But she brings in the bucks and her cat is named Catch
All holy modes await
For the starlet and her fate
She daydreams
She's coming down a maritime aisle in a white long dress
But it's not her wedding day
The guy she loves is far away
Up and at the peak of a sham mountain
While his girl and Catch the cat sleep peacefully
On a bed made of tooth and nail
As the harbor ships set sail for pirate ports

That's what happened in the peace of the evening
Another Saturday, another 'I know you know I know"
That's all good and just
But the guy regards the rust
As time slip slip slipping
Into the future, far from the flaws and pinned-down hair
The fractures and the beauty stare
As Catch the cat says "he'll be back"
Or, more accurately, purrs and falls asleep
In the clutch crossed heart of a sweet sweat dream

February 4, 2009

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