something following me

while standing at the junction on 42nd street

i idly kick a pebble lying near my feet

i hear a weird noise

take a look up and down

the cause of the commotion is right there on the ground

imagine my surprise

thought i'd left it at home

but there's no doubt about it

it's my own tombstone

i went into a shop

and bought a loaf of bread

i sank my teeth into it

thought i'd bust my head

i dashed to the dentist

said

'i've got an awful pain!'

the man looks in my mouth and screams

'this boy is insane!'

imagine my surprise

thought i'd left it at home

but there's a lump in my mouth of my own tombstone

i went to see a movie

got the only empty seat

i tried to stretch out in it

something blocking my feet

finally the lights came up

and i could clearly see

a slab of engraved marble

just staring up at me

imagine my surprise

thought i'd left it at home

but there's no doubt i'm sitting on my own tombstone