this daily labyrinth again begins,

hot coffee and a titanium cigarette.

enduring memories of absent friends,

liquid sorrows and gaseous regret.


never far enough from the daily grind,

fondly reminiscing dark corners of mind.

gaps in my synapses with ghosts between,

chewing on matches and sipping gasoline.


got emotions to ride, and moods to bend,

all the corners turn 3 sheets to the wind.

flames from the gas seem to null the din,

so far from the daily labyrinth, I prescind.


words spawn tornadoes from test tubes,

psychedelic dreams morph from simple cubes.

read the thought conveyed, not the word,

ever cautious of whisperings unheard.


a free range wooly black sheep

living the nightmares of trouble deep.

oft to ride the daily labyrinth again

after leaving the confines of my pen.

Suzanne stares at him (1)
With a question in her
Evocative eyes,
No disguise, no lies;
But he is cautious now,
He won't let her avow.
He won't let the guard down
For deep down he knows
He cannot afford to get
His heart broken twice;
Won't let one to thaw the ice
And the soliloquy runs
"I won't let anyone in;
I won't let anyone get too close,
I won't trust anyone again,
Never again, never again"

And Suzanne cooks good food
And feeds him delicious homemade pizza
And she gives him a good talk
And tells him to watch the moon;
Suzanne shows him photos from the past
But he has now a heart of a stone
And the soliloquy runs
"I won't let anyone in;
I won't let anyone get too close,
I won't trust anyone again,
Never again, never again"

Suzanne makes subtle move;
Suzanne makes him translate
St. Teresa's speech on love
But he's cautious than ever before
And the raven in him says "Nevermore" (2)
And the soliloquy runs
"I won't let anyone in;
I won't let anyone get too close,
I won't trust anyone again,
Never again, never again"

He now takes good care of
His mended heart
For he knows, nothing aches
Like a broken heart.
And every now and then
He thanks Cecilia in his mind;
For once she loved him
And left him prescind
That made him immune to love.