SLOW GRIND

All of the men in this city
Are bad men
They are whistling sweetly
To the song in their heart

I was a man of constant worry
Out of step with the times
Out of a hurry
I went wringing my hands
Into rude promises

And since then it’s been
A slow grind

All of the girls
All of the girls
All of the girls

It’s been
A slow grind

I took a walk
I took a bus
I took a lot of stuff
In the early 2000’s

I went out of my mind
For a time in South France

I was out for an hour
The doctor said

—According to who?

According to me
He said, ’Blah, blah, blah, blah’
— but I had to make some promises

And since then it’s been
A slow grind

Somewhere in a life
The passion catches
The hook in the skin
Of another life

So I’ve been wearing a life
Like the clothes of lost luggage
Packed for a life
In another world

I flew like a fish
Fast into the beaches
To lie in the air
On the sand
On my side

And since then it’s been
A slow grind

Barbarisms

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