Hollis lives upstairs in the stable;
says he's a Houyhnhym
That's not funny
He's on the run from his Masters
And if he's caught, they'll skin him
That's not funny
He hates Led Zep and The Beatles
Because he wasn't in 'em
That's not funny
Ah, the shapes of yesterday
Not for nothing
But it all runs away
Like blood. Or water
Or blood in
water
***
I've got a crazy partner
I should not pretend that I do not know
He's got a crazy heart
And he's killing me behind the door
And I'm in no position
To pretend that I do not know
He is not forgiven; if he says he is
Then it's all a show
Man. I've got a creepy feeling
He's got an appetite I do not know
He's gone voracious starkers
And the only thing he wants is more
And there is no derision
That could knock him from the high he's on
He's says he's gonna mainline freely
That he's tired of laying low
He's says there'll be no division
Let my dendrites be tenterhooks
I keep a noble fire
Like that one from so long ago
***
Childhood is as a broken teacup.
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