oj> breathing out, not knowing...
breathing out, not knowing...
oj> in the mountains
in the city
oj> miles away from anywhere
miles away from anywhere
oj> with six thousand people
with only me
oj> alone in a field.
alone in a room.
oj> i moved we moved we grooved to the rising sun
a reel flick of images now late at night
oj> and i watched from a distance
and i watch with a distance
oj> balanced by bodies
wide sidewalks
oj> wriggling in unison
with everyone in a different pattern
oj> it seemed
it is
oj> all around me
all around me
oj> sweating too close
likeminded and sometimes far away
oj> engrossed in other worldly matters
on their own little planets
oj> (otherworldly, other worldly or otherwise)
outofit, withinit or somewhere in between
oj> kissed by powdered bliss
kissed by the sunshine and some smiles
oj> failing to notice
failing to notice
oj> the cries of an a
the cries of an a
oj> ching body
ching soul
oj> the pleas for reasonable assistance
and show no resistence
oj> from the smiling girl at the falafal stand
against the nation
oj> the worn out whimpering
the lovely and laughing
oj> of those beyond the pale
on their way to somewhere else
oj> regailed by sobriety
sometimes we are
oj> quietly staring, glaring
and sometimes too much
oj> too scared to share their nonchalance.
too touched, to show what really is.
oj> i glance at the mountains and greet the midday sun
i look into the windows
oj> moving through the orchard
moving through their lives for some minutes
oj> to my corner of earth beside the trees
from the kitchenwindow overlooking the yard
oj> i plead guilty of not knowing
i plead guilty of not knowing
oj> and allow myself to sleep.
and allow myself to sleep.
oj> i wonder how my world would seem
i wonder how my world would seem
oj> if i'd been turned inside out
if it turned out inside out
oj> i wonder how i would seem
i wonder what i would see
oj> if i knew i'd been inside
if i could only go
oj> i wonder at my world
i wonder at my world
oj> in another life
as if i was someone else
oj> i may have been regal
whatever i'm shown
oj> or at least partial to champagne.
it goes straight under my skin.

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