Because
I was wired
and not
into the mains
but somewhere off-grid,
my life leaking into
the drains

yeah
everything is sharp then
and you know the why and the when of it
and how your life turned to **** then,


but recovery
is only the upholstery
there has to be a framework
to work on.

Back to the season of Goodwill
and he
quickly looks in the kitchen drawer
and pulls out a happiness pill,

suspended in animation
still at Waterloo station
waiting for a late train.

some cover the cracks with 'smack'
some use lines of *******,
the happiness pill works wonders
and cures all kinds of pain,
but
I used up all my medications
no more prescriptions for me
I'm
settling now for a digestive
and
a streaming hot beaker of tea.

So
That's okay then
you'll call me
when you want to then

meanwhile
I should smile
to hide the tears
then?

So
you think that Santa's coming
but it's just the lousy weather
that's making him breathe
a little bit harder
and yet
you're sat there quite excited

jeez it would help if you saw someone
with degrees upon their wall.

Tardy?
hardly
awake before I have to be
premature
something or other
but
that's me
and I make no
apology

She loves me
anyway,.

Did you see her
and
did you say,
Ave Maria?
if not
it doesn't count when
the sum is being totalled
and forfeits being made.

In leafy glades when we're laid to rest
and we know with our souls that
we did our best,
it's best to keep your fingers crossed
just in case.

The end of the year
and most of us are
still playing it by ear
but twenty twenty-five
is just around the corner
and most of us are
going deaf
how will we play it then?