I’ve been stumbling
Over words
Like water
Over pebbles
Since I was sixteen.
sixteen’s awfully late in the game–
–to up and decide to start speakin’
I ain’t layin’ judgment,
(‘cept I am)
I been makin’ water-spout sentences long, long, long as I remember.
they start gut-first babblin’ on up,
temp. is a-risin’ the whole damn time,
bouncin’ off trepidation
frothin’ against impulse,
dribblin’ on my toes when I try to cut the flow.
shrug ’em off with a smile,
but I been soakin’ rooms with my babble,
a long, long, long, time,
it just flows ’cause it’s easier.
downhill the whole way.
sixteen’s awfully late in the game–
–I been trippin’ on lies ‘n givin’ up games
for long, long, long,
but it’s not so bad if you just give in to the metaphor,
and just
f
l
o
w
