Monday, February 20, 2006

A Day Like Today

A day like today
when the hours have
exhausted their options;

A day like today
tempts the covers
to stay over your head.

A day like today
is frozen; breath freezes
on your words,
your words freeze
in your mouth.

When you face a day like today,
you might as well pack your tent.

When you meet a day like today,
you best turn around
and walk the other way.

A day like today
has your number, bub.
It's going to hunt you down
like a squirrel digging
after forgotten nuts.

You never want to forget
a day like today.
It's a passionate heartache
that has bought the last ticket
out of the precincts
of a day like today.

But that's alright,
you want to say,
it's still alright
cause a day like today
is still better than
a day like yesterday.

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