There's a stray cat in the alley
A homeless man with no shoes walking in the rain

Crowded cemetery after cemetery on this well known route I travel

It's now 11:43 PM and I hear no birds
Just the sound of a fan that is blowing on me
And the neighbor pulling into her driveway with her 4 cylinder car
I'm sleepy yet awake
My bare feet are outside of the sheets because they always have to be

It's now 11:47 PM

Still no birds to be heard
Still sleepy yet awake
Crickets become my lullaby in concert with the fan blades

And life goes on
Goodnight



written by me... ..