Single loads of laundry
sad freezer meals for one
no dishwasher for me
chocolate ice cream, just for fun
the never tested voicemail
on the outgoing only phone
one knife, one fork, one plate
signs that yes I live alone
take-out menu fridge door
a doorbell never rung
ipod playlists for the company
that never ever comes
early nights and books
an optimistic queen size bed
a collection of matching pillows
that only ever see my head
the one cup coffee maker
a single slice of toast
bills paid on time or early
nothing handwritten in the post
a will with nothing in it
and no one to leave it to
burial or cremation
I think I'll leave that one to you
no life insurance needed
retirement arranged
no girlfriend, lover, wife
ex, current or estranged.
this is the life I've chosen
free of contact free of pain
free of almost all emotion
this is my refrain
Because I've seen what people do
in the name of what is love
so to save myself the heartbreak
my life is as above
Aug 25, 2010
Aug 25, 2010 at 5:31 AM UTC
Single loads of laundry
sad freezer meals for one
no dishwasher for me
chocolate ice cream, just for fun
the never tested voicemail
on the outgoing only phone
one knife, one fork, one plate
signs that yes I live alone
take-out menu fridge door
a doorbell never rung
ipod playlists for the company
that never ever comes
early nights and books
an optimistic queen size bed
a collection of matching pillows
that only ever see my head
the one cup coffee maker
a single slice of toast
bills paid on time or early
nothing handwritten in the post
a will with nothing in it
and no one to leave it to
burial or cremation
I think I'll leave that one to you
no life insurance needed
retirement arranged
no girlfriend, lover, wife
ex, current or estranged.
this is the life I've chosen
free of contact free of pain
free of almost all emotion
this is my refrain
Because I've seen what people do
in the name of what is love
so to save myself the heartbreak
my life is as above
This is a re-working of a piece I wrote some time ago that I was never happy with the end of, at the time I didn't have one so I went with the unexpected gag, this is how it should have been.
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