waver

17 and slumping on a bed frame

27 is coming like a freight train

swearing there’s a part of your innate brain

that makes you magic

coming up with every cosmic excuse

spitting out the logic that you can’t chew

a pitbull puppy waiting to get turned loose

lick the salt off your front stoop

and fetch truth

always gonna waver always gonna waver

you can never be too sure to decide

golden scales on either side

even Steven

always gonna waver always gonna waver

if it’s not the mechanics it’s the math

cause when the clock keeps punching you back

it’s gonna leave a shiner

Chuck Wepner

I wanna be a baby and a best friend

to be both take a ballerina’s talent

a birthday cake and bottle being balanced on silk slippers

playing double duty or half assin

playing yourself thinking you’re the captain

once a star eventually a has been

coulda won states instead what you’re facing

is student debt and a knee replacement

always gonna waver always gonna waver

you could never be to sure to decide

golden scales on either side

Judge Judy

always gonna waver always gonna waver

you could never be too far from the truth

with golden scales reminding you

as a tattoo

that you’re waving it off

or waiving it in

but you can’t pinpoint the sign’s intention

it’s either waving you off

or waving you in

but you can’t quite find the sign’s right meaning

resigned to dreaming

always gonna waver always gonna waver

you could never play two parts of the script

joker and joke of the bit

and audience