at the top of morning came the silver dangling rain in every droplet eucalyptus showed its face a half sunned hallway shot the rose and then retired the running droplets soaked the reds and then expired today fantasy is on the range and the city s riding coralling conniving today i m looking for the thing that s raw it s a chimps brawl like a stunt man i m gonna take a fall if all i needed was a bed and edibles not something bigger like eucalyptus fading up and fading out something quiet on another shore there s a little boy in a boat tonight he says and if it s above me i will kneel devoutly if it guides me guide me if it guides me guide me and if it s below me i ll caress it tenderly are we thriving we re thriving today monterey s so far away i can hear it dying hippies are crying today halloween can make me change but my skin s design echoes a past high