Offer
What can I offer you today?
As you absorb these words
Into your brain what is it
You crave, wonder or the
Chance to be amazed by
A distant hand that scratches
Decipherable code into a
Book from eight years ago
What can I say to you today?
I have more questions than answers
In reality these words should
Be a shrug rather than
A vain attempt to guide
Or find hidden some inner
Meaning that was planted
By an unknown hand
We all aim to speak
First to ourselves and then
If we’re lucky, to others
But is anyone really listening?
And if they are
Should they?
Thoughts
I’m just speaking to myself most of the time. As a writer, that’s all you can do. Sometimes, if we’re lucky we speak to others.
Crash Test Dummies performing in Lincoln in 2025. The God Shuffled His Feet album remains a masterpiece to this day. I saw them thirty years ago at their peak and they are still amazing.
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