Things Getting Mental

A piece of paper
Blowing down the street 
Negotiators
Trading their deceits 
I can’t be bothered
If things are getting mental
Go get some other
Who is more instrumental 
Out on the terrace
I’m sitting with my juice
Some look embarrassed 
Some hanging on the loose
Some say tomaito
I say tomato
Wind blows a paper
A page in quarto..
It flies away 
Nobody turns a head
We live to pay
Agreeing or dissent 
I have no clue
Why things are getting mental
My point of view 
Is fairly incidental..
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June 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
This one is an imagined song, inspired by the music of JJ Cale. No particular track promped me to write this, it was just a general impression.
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