day to day

    only clouds  no birds  race across the sky

    i chase my errands in circles

    go on  do not stop  do not ask me why?



    sad songs at funerals  when a man dies

    are simple  acknowledge no miracles --

    only clouds  no birds  race across the sky



    i chase my errands  i sell and i buy

    and birds?  they perform in a circus

    go on  do not stop  do not ask me: why?



    my shirt's white  i wear a colorful tie

    my face shows a web of wrinkles:

    only clouds  no birds  race across the sky!



    you're gaping at heavens  searching for a pie

    but your pie only wiggles and wiggles

    go on  do not stop!  do not ask me  why?



    i like my fate  her humor so wry

    for an ice-cream she serves me some icicles

    only clouds  no birds  race across the sky

    Go on  do not stop  do not ask me: why?







wlodzimierz holsztynski ©

    1993-06-27