parallel lines

junior boys

if you found the words

would you really say them?

or stutter through the verse

with mumbled punctuation?

remembering the line

an empty metaphor

that you savored by yourself

you're never cured

if i forgot the lines

is it easy enough to fake it?

or do you need a moment to re-memorize

and model it like a curse half-disguised?

leers

jeers

whispers and the tears

that final taste before you're taken away

odds

ends

final amends

it's all right to say it

just as long as you don't really think so

give me a little room

to get on with concentration

just enough to know

what i'm missing in education

borrowing all the hours that you gave to me

it's a wonder i could ever breathe

under all your thoughts

you'll hear the floating whisper

of all the things you were that have been paralleled

all the voices that were raised and finally fell

leers

jeers

whispers and tears

that final taste before you're taken away

odds

ends

final amends

it's all right to say it

just as long as you don't really think so

no lights

no show

no sex

that's all you get

no waits

no calls

no written tests for what you know

leers

jeers

whispers and tears

that final taste before you're taken away

odds

ends

final amends

it's all right to say it

just as long as you don't really think so