cleaning gutters

it's easy

to sleep walk your way

through

the years.

get married

have children

and the rest.

school then a job.

saving

for that nest egg.

it's easy to go along

and 

catch the bus.

the train.

keep your nose clean

and be

good. to ignore

the pain

inside you. no art

made

along the way.

no music.

but the grass is cut.

the doors

are painted,

the gutters cleaned.

no true love

or self ever found.

while time

slips and slips

quietly away.