Paper Fantasy

I’ve been around this neighborhood at least a couple times
or was it once, I don’t remember, it seems so familiar
I’ve been in that store before to buy a pack of cigarettes
It was just the other day or maybe this morning
I’m not sure ‘cause everything looks the same

I’m not sure if I’m coming or going
Is it raining or snowing
or is it just a leaking pipe in the ceiling
It’s so f*****g cold outside
and I left my coat back on the barstool
and I’m wearing shorts and baseball hat
and that is it ‘cause it was 92 and sunny
just the other day

I’ve gotta stop doing this and I’m a little pissed
‘cause my cat just s**t on my pillow
I guess she knows that it’s time to go and
she’s sick of being on the road
and all she wants to do is sleep all day
Wouldn’t it be nice to stay in the same place
for more than a couple days and get to know
the name of the girl who sells me coffee on Tuesdays

I’ve trapped myself in a paper fantasy
The only place where I can wander naked
without fear of my surroundings
I’ll paint myself a purple sky with twin suns shining
brilliant blue and holding hands with daylight moons

I’ve gotta stop doing this and I’m a little pissed
cause I just missed the bowl again and
I got off track when I spilled my juice when I heard the news
and found out that I’m not in the place
that I thought I had been
I can’t tell whether it’s raining or snowing
whether I’m coming or going
All I want to do is sleep all day
I’d like to stay here but I don’t know where here is
and I’ve lost the directions but so what
‘Cause I couldn’t read them
‘Cause I never knew if I was coming or going
I think that it’s snowing but it’s 92 and sunny
in my purple sky paper fantasy

 


 

Reviews

[T. R. Writer]

Interesting and complex without being too complex. It definitely reads like something raw and untamed and is gem.