It Used To Be That Time Was All Around Me 02/6/94

It used to be that time was all around me
Now it's dropping through a hole

I was mercury all liquid shifting
on the cue of heat and rising
falling with the curve of day
but someone broke the tube and I
have petrified and started bouncing
immutable and permanent
impervious to changes in the air

I used to count the miles once I got there
No it seems that distance is unbeatable
evidence irrefutable adn
revelry is wrapped in paper bags.

I used to claim the falling sky.