1- T’was dark when the time came for breakfast I looked down at my untied shoes With a spirit only able to be described as broken I left my abode to stand under a lonely lamppost And let my body quiver and quake with rage As I thought about the night’s voyage
2- Raindrops coated my new suede shoes As I felt myself lulled by the buzz of the lamppost Her face filled my mind and I savored the rage Knowing she now was far away on her voyage If only I had asked her to breakfast If only I had complemented her shoes
3- Looking back towards the house, and my now cold breakfast I thought about her asking me to join the voyage But my heart was already broken And her query only further filled me with rage She knew I had left my only shoes Sitting in the rain under the lamppost
4- The dampness chilled my bones as I stood under the lamppost Exhausted from so much time lost in rage My belly ached from having no breakfast And my body began to feel broken As if I could not even walk due to the tightness of my shoes But there was nothing left but to begin my homeward voyage
5- I glanced at my watch in the light of the lamppost It would be too late for a McDonalds breakfast Even if I could find my shoes It was a seven block voyage And when I slipped, stubbed my toe, and realized it was broken I felt, once again, myself fill with dangerous rage
6- From a distance I heard high-heeled shoes She approached from a different kind of voyage In her hand she held a bag of breakfast From the McDonalds with a sign that was broken Instantly it left my body, all that rage And we held each other, under the glow of the lamppost