Gone For Good

Don't come knocking on my door...

I'm here, but I ain't coming out,

not to say the same things again,

and again, all like before.

What do you want to talk about;

the weather,

what's happening to the world,

who's your favorite band?

How's your garden? Did you

fix your roof? Jimmy's doing

well in school...Susan couldn't

care less and you're worried?

Enough novels have been written,

enough sit-coms to distract you

from the life you can't get a handle

on because you haven't been

paying attention.

I'm sorry your insurance went up,

that you had to put down your dog,

about your argument with a 

neighbor about a tree....no, I'm

really not. Get with life or off the

planet...you could surprise me...

maybe... if you suddenly

came to life again,

like when you were three.