got a reason for the dawn and <br />a reason for the dusk <br />got a promise on a 'maybe' <br />and a maybe on a 'must' <br />and one-third of the earth on standby <br />for the day I got it sussed. <br /> <br /> <br />eccentric in a heartblink <br />resolutely I Ching <br />when I say I'm gonna kill ya <br />I do it with a wink. <br /> <br /> <br />you gotta hand it to me <br />for my ever-ready duplicity. <br /> <br /> <br />I'm a talentless performer <br />yet, an agreeable fraud <br />hold no water with the devil <br />I'm at the bar with a lord <br />snaking in the visceral silence <br />imbibing the deafening sight <br /> <br />of Tevin on a bicycle <br /> <br />strangely yet deliberately <br />packing 'hero' in his studied walk <br />tucking 'idol' into his hat <br />stuffing 'shimee' in his countenance <br />living legend speech down pat. <br /> <br /> <br />'tho' no one gets whats Tevin says <br />'cos he always chats in breaths <br />and no one much believes a myth <br />that steps. <br /> <br /> <br />yes, <br />paper shoes are very well <br />until it comes to rain <br />when one winces in anticipation <br />of a disclaimer on one's name. <br /> <br /> <br />paper shoes don't make it <br />paper shoes don't make it <br />paper shoes don't make it <br />not like paper chaps. <br /> <br /> <br />paper chaps make it <br />paper chaps make it <br />but only on paper cowboys. <br /> <br /> <br />paper cowboys make it <br />but only with paper dolls. <br /> <br /> <br />whom even in the perfect shot <br />(directed by Orson Welles) <br />come off as morribund imposters. <br /> <br /> <br />questing on that one scene <br />hanging on that one line <br />that don't never get delivered <br />for fear <br />that even in the perfect shot <br />paper shoes won't make it.<br /><br />Stephen Andrews<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tevin-wears-paper-shoes/
