are you awake yet cause if there s a part of you that s working there s a part of you that hasn t sobered up in someone s living room i ve only heard the coffee maker someone s car starting out there on the lawn we haven t seen the sunrise in twenty seven years we ve been waiting cornered like we re animals in abandoned living rooms we don t know what we can have and what is saved for someone else who has a key are you asleep yet you can tell my ears aren t burning all the quiet names made up to make us laugh find us an apartment with enough outlets for all of us where we won t wake up your kid or pets or dad this isn t eating we count dollar menu hunger as something that isn t cold that we can eat we aren t broke yet but have to find a space between our bodies find our minds and walk in off the street we re building our own caskets while our homes fall apart tires tracking on your back can t go home long enough can i come home yet the jokes are only jokes and every liar wants his own set of new eyes can i just leave again i kept my promises and all i did was read about the end of it on the news1