an uncontrollable whimsy

"an uncontrollable whimsy"

an uncontrollable whimsy
today leaped out of my chest
my ribs aren't altogether flimsy
mere nuisances at best

it drove me down like pools
that circle down the bowl
to where the earth is cool
missing the light we stole

and frantic fuck-ups best describe
how loathsome skeletons rome
keeps the wand'ring strangled tribe
from guilt and fear and home

it's not that i find myself that dim see -
dull would pale and bright confess
but still an uncontrollable whimsy
is a whimsy nonetheless

so pack your bags off to the moon
although i cannot take you
i would pray you there and be your boon
and just as soon forsake you

so don't trust men with constitutions -
stalwart, sound or flimsy
Free shouldn't balance on resolution
of an uncontrollable whimsy

March 18, 2004
Copyright J.S. LeBoeuf 2004