It might be time to call it quits
I'm bursting out in sobbing fits
My face is breaking out in zits
For this job I am unfit
My resignation I submit ...
What is this surprise promotion?
To the farthest side of the deep-blue ocean
That changes all my meshugineh notions
~ I've always yearned to speak Laotian
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'Meshugineh' means 'crazy' in Yiddish.
The love that ends leaves traces, why not?
Even in the great desert, Troy, Samothrace,
On hot sand and mint tea, see it
On the blue oranges, on the green moon,
Love leaves traces in the eyes, traces
Even in the streets of Manhattan,
He leaves traces in the worried coaches, see it
Among the camels in the Wadi Rum,
The love that ends leaves traces, why Not?
Caramel, marshmallow or chance, see it
Even in the Pacific Ocean, “help” trees cry out
In the Laotian Islands, even in Honolulu, We see it.
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