the Devil’s bills
English: The Devil’s Fireplace, detail- the Devil (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
i can’t
remember when it started
what shook me
from the Tree of Ordinary Life
yeah, i was there
Yuppie to the core
and climbing over dead men’s bones
without examining my own
without examining my own
i could have
grabbed a brass ring
cashed in
lived with the lies you have to tell
to get along
except
i wasn’t getting along
i wasn’t getting along at all
my body
my spirit
fought me at every step
and something snapped
perhaps I snapped
but found
i couldn’t play the reindeer games
required to pay the Devil’s bills
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agnewpickens 