There's No Fire
Shuffle the sidewalk, like an old man needing a cane
It's only myth that a turkey can drown in the rain
Steady your course, gaze this way, back and again
The motor still putters, but the fires left your brain
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Once, in the dark, in the vein of humane
Spoken with angry passion, my words sans restrain
Your response in eyes glazed with alcohols stain
The motor still sputters, but the fires left your brain
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At an age, beyond your prime, alone you remain
You muddle and I wonder if you ever desired not to abstain
An ideal, maybe love or just a need for something to attain
The motor still flutters, but the fires left your brain
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Bumbling, stumbling, mumbling death by mundane
Another drink, you drop the smoke, closed chain of constrain
Vessel without faith, hope or love, wasted, you feel little pain
The motor still stutters, but the fires left your brain
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A path to nowhere where pity lived, now leads me to disdain
Roads with forks where choices are made, staking the terrain
Smooth with regret, maybe satisfied, going against the grain
The motor still shutters, but the fires left your brain
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