i sat in a park

i sat in a park today writing lyrics. a song about a man who builds a boat in his front yard. a symbol of the coming escape from his unhappy, miserable life. but it remains a skeleton. and then he sets it on fire, and watches it light the dark sky. the wood, finally alive though not at sea. in the park, a young couple was on a bench eating ice cream. laughing. kissing. an old man walked with his grandson. yelling, the boy ran up the hill, pulled a handful of yellow flowers from the ground, and handed them to his grandfather. the world is full of these things. full of them.

Posted by at February 18, 2003 04:05 PM

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