Gonna sink in
Gonna fall down
And settle into cracks I wore--
eroded in the year--
fuckin' deeper than before
I gave it time, I gave it time
and I won't probably even mind
When you resurface or repave
atop this layer of bad habits.
Shot of Pledge or Pine Sol
and a long and pressing wipe
And here I am still in the surface
in the finish
rubbed down right into the grain.
Years of practice, polished practice
practiced polish
Put a sweetly burning shine
atop a layer of bad habits
The more and more I pave atop,
The more and more I polish
It's just more ingrained
interred
entrenched
and more assured--
A thicker, deeper layer
atop a layer of bad habits
Eh, not my best stuff, no. But, after an impromptu hiatus, I felt I just needed to get writing again.
(11 November, 2010)
