Alive and In Between

Tall tales, swallowed by a whale

 Paper trails connect my memories

 Cut School, acting a fool

 Golden Rule, it don’t apply to me   

 Town Hall, lot of talk but it’s small

 Football and God and Politics

 Big Hair, mama’s always there

 Sweet prayers to pray and meals to fix

 And the clock ticks whether you laugh or cry

 And unlike time I cannot fly

 Like a June bug in Late July

 I downplay what it means

 Yes sir and thank you ma’am 

 And God is great and I’ll be damned

 All that I have and have not seen...

 I’m alive and in between 

 Chores done, unfavorite Son

 Sports and guns to kill the time of day

 Love hate, hurry up and wait

 Postulate about the getaway

 Blood Lines, kudzu vines

 Warning signs around my sanity

 Shame shame, shifting the blame 

 Scattered cases of humanity

 And the clock ticks whether you laugh or cry

 And unlike time I cannot fly

 Like a June bug in Late July

 I downplay what it means

 Yes sir and thank you ma’am 

 And God is great and I’ll be damned

 All that I have and have not seen...

 I’m alive and in between