No more Mexican at night
Had a dream about doctors,
and broken bones, and needles,
All the while listening to
Bob Dylan and the Beatles.
Though they never shared the stage
I had won the front row seat,
And though I knew all the words
I could not stay with the beat
Balloons were flying above,
patrons danced upon the lawn;
A drunkard was ejected
by a big bouncer named Shaun.
The girls wore bikinis,
they were ahead of their time;
All the guys had suits and ties
and they looked the same as mine.
The basketball game's over,
not a single score now counts;
Someone poked the old game ball
and it will no longer bounce.
Cheerleaders left their pom poms
spread across the whole gym floor,
But they're going nowhere now,
snow had blocked tight the front door.
Suddenly rain's coming down,
this tub is filling up fast,
And because I cannot swim
I don't think I'm gonna last.
I pulled the plug from the bath,
was just hoping for release;
Ended up caught in the stream
with ten ducks and twenty geese.
The mayor skipped out of town
in his flashy, red stingray,
And riding along with him
was the preacher's wife, Ms May.
Sheriff said he'd bring them back
and would return before dark;
He declared that the lynching
would take place in the town's park.
Without warning I awoke
from this nightmare of a dream;
It felt like I had been hung
from this bedroom's big oak beam.
An hour on the toilet
brought me into morning's light,
I have learned my lesson well:
no more Mexican at night!
Copyright © Daniel Larson | Year Posted 2024
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