In the middle of my mid-life crisis Back and forth like a pendulum Full moon iris' I can taste a lingering type of sweet I can smell the lead and I'm loosened by the shapes like Notes in a psychedelic symphony Persian rugs on floors with patterns That stretch in 3-D A tiny drop of dew From my forehead Hanging like a whisper a Shiver cold and true Trickling down my forearm Shaking sweating wide awake in Bed The strangers all left me Clock chimes at midnight Tip-toeing to rooms