This deck chair collapsed

this maybe or perhaps

the route that sadness maps

through those long and awkward gaps



those broken fairy wings

those tangled puppet strings

those roundabout soft swings

the heartache indecision brings



life my girl will take away that optimistic skip

stick it's big foot out and try deliberately to trip

substitute young hope with arthritic hip

take your saturdays and attach them to a drip



that banaster we slide

the wild horse we ride

that flows from side to side

the roughest smooth yet to decide



the cowardly the bold

the fireworks they hold

the overkill the undersold

already told you to unfold



life my girl will take away that optimistic skip

stick it's big foot out and try deliberately to trip

substitute young hope with arthritic hip

take your saturdays and attach them to a drip



they're fluent double dutch

they're feeling out of touch

that nonsense or nonsuch

not quite enough or just too much



life my girl will take away that optimistic skip

stick it's big foot out and try deliberately to trip

substitute young hope with arthritic hip

take your saturdays and attach them to a drip



this deck chair collapsed