AWAKE AT DAWN
Purposefully watering his lawn -
charging a battery at the side of his house,
re-painting a stairway at the base of the alley,
re-snapping a trap set out for the mouse.
It's like that in Wonderland - this little man,
clad in blue, jodphurs it seems, and a riding hat
too, walking home from Eddie Doyle's at three after two.
It was like a dream; one of those situations where
you've entered something - a room or a place - from
which you can't get out and it's constantly growing
smaller around you. Some force-field holds you in,
and each time you near the exit to force yourself out
the G-forces distort your face, toss you about.
One minute you're miserable over it,
the next you're glad as well.
Can't get in, can't get out.
A simple situation,
much like Hell.
Purposefully watering his lawn -
charging a battery at the side of his house,
re-painting a stairway at the base of the alley,
re-snapping a trap set out for the mouse.
It's like that in Wonderland - this little man,
clad in blue, jodphurs it seems, and a riding hat
too, walking home from Eddie Doyle's at three after two.
It was like a dream; one of those situations where
you've entered something - a room or a place - from
which you can't get out and it's constantly growing
smaller around you. Some force-field holds you in,
and each time you near the exit to force yourself out
the G-forces distort your face, toss you about.
One minute you're miserable over it,
the next you're glad as well.
Can't get in, can't get out.
A simple situation,
much like Hell.
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