#235 the glass ladder (my blankets have floated away)
for the third morning\nin a row the alarm and\nthe train whistle let\nloose at the same\nexact moment\n\nsometimes i feel like\ni\u2019m climbing a glass ladder\nthat leads out of sight\ninto the sky it leans\nagainst a vision\n\nit\u2019s cold here\nmy blankets\nare floating away\n\nbut how many more\nhorrible old haunted\nhouses and sad gloom\ndo i have to dream up\nbefore the end\n\nso lick your finger and\nstick it in the air to see\nwhich way the wind is\nblowing i\u2019ll be stuck\nhere for a while\n\nit\u2019s cold here\nmy blankets\nhave floated away\n\nepw 12.11.07 perrysburg, oh