Shimmer and gleam
For a moment’s notice
Then the glamour fades
The sparks have flown
But the fire never started
Just a prospect on a loan
Just a flicker in the dead zone

Sing along popular ramble
With all the wrong lyrics
Doin’ anything humanly possible
Cheaply raising sunken spirits
Recycle bin’s overflowing
Pretty voices of parrots
Spewing copycat lies unending

A flicker in the dead zone
Your life line was on a loan
And now you’re all alone

January 14, 2005