The Periphery of Nowhere (feat. Rebecca Gordon)

With a glint in one eye And a gleam in the other An insouciant smile on her lips With her dominant hand And its sinister brother Akimbo on her hips A nomad on the run A creature in the wild Rambling at random Alone, undomiciled On the periphery of nowhere Striding down the road She will be residing At no fixed abode She didn't have the wherewithal To hide behind a desk She wandered in a wilderness Of aimless picaresque On the periphery of nowhere Somewhere down the road With no destination But pure locomotion Perpetually peripatetic No premeditation In Brownian motion Constantly kinetic Getting there is half the fun And leaving's the remainder Her life was richer on the run However much it pained her. On the periphery of nowhere Striding down the road She will be residing At no fixed abode She left her emotional baggage On the carousel, unclaimed She left her fears and fantasies Unmentioned and unnamed On the periphery of nowhere Somewhere down the road