It is 1977, everyone is wearing the stone washed 501's I haven't felt this way about America for months Listening to Bowie with the smile on my face Studying math and history at my own slow pace The baby is crawling around the floor... Weeing and cooing at certain moving objects While the cat is being pet and being fed Chex However that works, no idea... He's an unusual cat, I must add... Because when he got a bird, and it bled onto my plaids I did not know whether to become enraged or plain sad I breathe in and out And stare out the window to stare at the clouds Berlin looks so nice from here I spent the whole night smoking Marlboro Lights and drinking my beer Seeing soccer on my tele, all I can do is cheer All my bad thoughts and horrible feelings suddenly disappear Sally is saying she is turning her back on religion And goes outside to feed the pigeons She introduced me to ****** on Wednesday And I shot up all through Thursday Then Lenny got a job back in May And because of my drinking problems, my wife decided not to stay I went to court and now I have custody My children will never be taken away...
[Note: I wrote this poem hours before listening to Berlin by Lou Reed, which has been called the most depressing album ever, they were right, but it can lose it's effect if you listen to it repeatedly...This poem is inspired by the album and it's elements and themes...]