The key is that we
are here
the lock is the place
we must go

it's hard to find it though
and I don't know if we
ever will.

I'm still looking through keyholes
at lost souls
and in market places for familiar
faces.

Did you ever feel like
Jonah under sail
in the belly of a whale?
( asking for a friend )

Second chance syndrome
a name by which I'm
occasionally known
is fitting.

It's a malady
foisted on me
by the company

I'd prefer a final warning
a turning worm
or an early bird.