Monday, December 10, 2018

Down Here At the Pawnshop


There's not much left of me willing to say
I'm ready to give this heart away
There's little willing able and warm
that wasn't washed to sea by storm
There's not a helluva lot to say
That I haven't already condemned the same
Not much skin left on my back
Seems all I'm made of anymore is cracks
In shell and mind both alike
If only I hadn't given up the spike
I could have words left to describe
Worlds left to relate and decry
If only I'd kept a few pieces of me
For rainy days and boys too sweet
For loves that could keep
And not expire in the heat
I feel there's not much left of me
That hasn't rotted away with the meat
Of my shame and bones of my feet
As I've been endlessly wandering these country streets.