Corner of Your Mind

There’s a dark corner of your mind That every now and then you visit Sometimes it’s a comfortSometimes it’s a curseBut it’s not going anywhere is it? There’s a light winking by the bayA carousel spinning in the night A fortunate teller’s booth, Incense and a golden toothShe don’t read palms but she’s got theContinue reading “Corner of Your Mind”

Pacifiers and Parking Lots

Pacifiers and parking lotsStill don’t know who you are But you know who you’re not And that’s a start  Dirty diapers, dead-end datesRundown roads, working lateDown at the Mini-Mart Freezing rain, slick black ice Split-second turnDidn’t look twice And you spun out  Totaled car, barely a scratchDoctor said, “someone up there’s got your back”But luck runs out  Made youContinue reading “Pacifiers and Parking Lots”