In the ulcerating silence 

perspective comes 

the way it always does-for it's random 

so randomly...somebody calls... 

the phone rings and it brings Niagara Falls 

and 3 o'clock in the morning 

"'You'd better be dyin'-and you were 

-So we talked about time 

and where it went, 

unremarkable events, 

and how one day took two days 

and they got spent. 

how you'd continue, carefull, in degrees 

trying to do one true beautiful thing 



and your beautiful thing 

it'd be 

a beautiful thing 

to see 

that beautiful thing 

continuing 



'I don't live there, I just commute' 

secretly cradling a joint and I might puke. 

a-fumble with the keys, under duress 

the point is, this is, practise duress 

at 3 o'clock in the morning- 

'you'd better be dying'- and you were 

-so we talked about things and where they went 

big remarkable events 

and how each day's a new day 

and they get spent 

how you'd continue, artfully, like the breeze 

trying to do one true beautiful thing 



your beautiful thing 

it'd be 

a beautiful thing 

to see 

that beautiful thing 

continuing 

your beautiful thing 

continuing 



your beautiful thing 

will be 

a beautiful thing 

to me 

a beautiful thing 

continuing

your beautiful thing 

continuing