Every now and then, When I'm sitting alone in my Pajamas, with a cup of hot Chai tea and a dash of honey In the morning I sit against the wall I breathe in and out Once, twice, a few more times
And then I let down the Gate in my mind And my thoughts Prance in the field of Morbid dreams
I imagine my death And I wonder just who Would bother to show And I wonder if That boy, yeah, that one, The one I loved for Five years, Would anyone even Tell him? Or would he be too busy Shooting up, getting drunk, Too busy trying to attempt Inadvertent suicide?
I picture my mother In her pressed black pants And her modestly sequined Funeral blouse that I've only Seen three times or so She'd rip the glasses off of her Head and scream at my father Why was she such a *****? Didn't she know I loved her?
Yeah, Ma, I knew I knew you loved me when You grounded me for an A- I knew you loved me when You glared at the food on my Plate, After I hadn't eaten in a week And huffed, You're going to eat that? Do you want to be an elephant Or something?
I knew when you read my Diary in seventh grade And yelled about all of the Deep secrets I wrote to paper I knew when you told me How disappointed you were When you swore you'd never Ever Be proud of me
Then my mind wanders over To my father The big teddy bear Graying scalp, icy eyes His suit from 1977 That always made me laugh And I let myself wonder If he would even Bother to cry
I skim across my friends Druggies Thieves Liars Cheaters They'd miss me, wouldn't they?
Last, I ponder over Who would show up That I wouldn't even want To be there The people I've crossed And thrown away The ones I loved And wrote off
I'm sure there would Be plenty of those Spewing lies about How I used to be
And it all swirls together Down Tornado Alley My ex's lack of interest My mother's bleeding heart My father's vacant stare My friends' misplaced grief My enemies' back stabbing falsehoods
And I wonder if any Of these people Would honestly be able to say That they knew me at all...
Meanwhile, the Christmas music My mother loves to blast Flows down the hallway and Under my door