a walk in the rain

i decided to do something different and went for a walk in the rain and looked for signs in puddles the mystery of life to explain i met a cat with a serious face and a dog that was wagging its tail they passed me by with a look in their eye that said wisdom was not for sale i passed a bag lady drinking a fanta with the daily news spread on her head a taxi splashed me with muddy water i wished i was home in bed i entered a store of convenience a lottery ticket to buy the drawing was not until tuesday i returned to the street with a sigh i saw a man in a doorway and thought i knew his name but i passed him by without asking he might know my secret shame i wish it would rain forever and nothing ever get dry i would meet myself at the river and look myself in the eye

i already saw this movie more than once

i have walked this way before likewise, seen that moonlit shore this deserted garden looks familiar and oh those distant hills, yeah it’s a dirty shame but it all looks the same every night i return to this street but never learn who is looking down on me from that bridge above the sea from that ship in the night as it floats away from sight and the light that briefly shines through the lonesome pines as the car runs out of gas yes, this way we all must pass and the house on the hill i should get there, but never will i walk and walk and walk there are no numbers on the clock

sandwich

i was walking because i wanted a sandwich not an apple or an orange or a soft drink but a sandwich i kept on walking block after block even though i knew i had to get back to the conference the blocks were long and filled with people people different from me wearing white t shirts and wifebeaters and speaking a different language they were not hostile they just ignored me it was getting dark there were stores that sold fruit and vegetables and scratch cards and coke and moxie and fanta but no sandwiches i wanted a sandwich there were no cafes or sub shops one little place had books tom swift and hardy boy books but no sandwiches if i kept on walking i would end up in yonkers or in albany i wanted a sandwich so bad but i had to get back to the conference before it got completely dark l am so unhappy nobody likes me this is the story of my life life is so unfair i told this dream to nellie and she said “why didn’t you just go into one of the little stores and ask them to make you a sandwich?”

joe

time is a dog named joe and i am a ball in joe’s mouth he is running away out of the park and down the street i shout come back, joe but he doesn’t come back he runs across the street into the traffic and gets hit by a bus he always was a bad dog