The All-Nighter
or Lunacy at Dawn
by David Francis
Here comes the
manpower off to work
Here comes the dancer to do the jerk
Here comes the fop to flirt his wrist
Here comes the chiropractor to do a twist
There goes the visitor who stayed the
night
There goes my sanity up like a kite
There goes the elevated train on the
track
Down from the hill, then it climbs back
When am I going to get some sleep
I’ve got to go to Queens to buy
tickets cheap
There goes the fat man eating his snack
There goes the grown man with a child’s
backpack
When am I going to get some sleep
Oh no the birds are starting to cheep
Like a white balloon merging with the
light
There goes my sanity…small…faint…out
of sight |
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