City Blues - Madrugada

And the night comes on

And the heat dies down

And the city sprays beams of light into space

Looking very much like a giant, glowing pineapple

I throw open the window

Unknown birds on rooftops

And rooftops set against the radiant sky

So this is where people live

People live, breathe and die in this place

Keep their own little pills

In their little holes

Little holes of enormous appetite

Shouting at passers by from windows high above the street

Threatening to take a step of hot blood against the setting sun

Until they are finally brought to sleep and we can rest

You alone carry the weight of your body

And the night comes on

And the heat dies down

I am alone

I have a key for a hotel room

And I used to have a home

I just arrived from someplace else

And upon arrival I saw from inside of the aluminum fish

The city lay silent

Silent

And glowing with a veil of chemicals

Reaching the very face of the moon

I was glad I didn’t live down there

And sad that I had to keep coming back

I walk up streets and down streets

And I go to all the familiar places

No I do not recognize anybody

I search the bars for little salty portions of friendship

But they are all long gone

You alone carry the weight of your body

So I start walking

It is a painful walk

I try walking in front of people

I try walking the proud walk of the ancient poet

I alone went out to meet the sea

And the wave was breaking right there

Right there at my chest of fine marble

But this is only partly making sense

I am pursued by the snake of solitude

By the time I head on back for the hotel

You alone carry the weight of your body

The words enter my mind a third time

As I lock the door behind me

Feeling that I had come in from the rain

I am lucky to have this room

I am lucky to of dawn

I will undress

And I will pack my bags before I go to sleep

You alone carry the weight of your body

There are colorful lights at the very fresh of sleep

Now this thing has an imagination of its own