Revised: A long way

written 12-3-2004
a long way

i imagined the city falling down
there isn't a word for what we do
sometimes they call it sleepwalking
my dog sniffs at things that aren't there
i imagine my life is a movie


today i thought about adventure
like a search for the happiest man
what would he say when i met him
i hope he would make me smile 

revised 11-12-2011
falling down



i hoped he would make me smile
the man who imagined the city falling down
i imagined the city falling down
there isn't a word for what we do
sometimes they call it sleepwalking
sometimes they call it
sometimes they call it a masquerade
what do they call it these days?
these days of hope
i call my dog an old man
he hoped
my dog sniffs after things that aren't there
i sniff after men that aren’t there
i imagine my life as a movement
silhouetted
do they call it falling down?

i thought about adventure
like the search for the happiest man
what would he say when i met him ?
i hope he would make me smile