Time has passed me by
And I cannot really say that I was sorry to see it go
Time has passed right on by me
But I have been OK with missing out on all the latest fads
I think that maybe now I am slowly walking down a country
lane
Instead of being stuck in traffic on a smoggy super highway
I even sat quietly in the shade for a dozing interval
and thought for just a moment that I might not be losing any
time
It took a while but the times have passed on by me
now their confused dust is disappearing beyond my event
horizon
I’m not in tune with the early adapters
I wear and repair a lot of stuff that’s secondhand
I’m not buying new cars, fast food, colas, snacks or taking
out any loans
The advertising target on my back has pretty much worn right
off
The beautiful people cannot even see me behind their
expensive sunglasses
Movers and shakers in a hurry easily look right on through
me
I listened to the birds and not the markets just the other
morning
Haven’t had that tiny and insulting 1.5% salary adjustment
for several years now
I’m daydreaming on the sidelines with my helmet off as the
clock runs down
Not anxiously awaiting another dream vacation I cannot
afford and will not remember
Content to be cut off in the slow lane and watch the power drivers
roar on by
Not quite so sure the future is still brighter than the past
that I came from
Cast ashore for good by social waves as their dirty, teeming
river hurries by
Not picking up the kids or meeting some prospect for an
expensive power lunch
My rapid advance towards as yet unconsidered goals has
slowed down to a crawl
Now as I regurgitate their sound bites, people say I sound a
bit sarcastic
To the masters of the universe, I’m a useless deadbeat who
pays his credit card on time
Caught up in the gears of progress I feel lucky to have been
spit out while still alive
So now, somehow, I’ve eddied out for a moment just as I
approach that unavoidable abyss
Thank god they spun me off and passed me by for this
brief instant before our eternal nothing
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