There is always something

There is always something

To rattle the cage

Tell me,

What is it this time?

Are you too tall or too small

Do you have a limp

Do you wear contact lenses

Unscrew your leg from its socket

Before you go to bed

Read murder mysteries

That leave you scratching your head

Fall asleep

Eating a chocolate biscuit.

Drink tea from a cup

With your little pinky

Raised

Or sip from a mug

With milk from the bottle or jug.

Do you wear a nightcap

Do you drink one

Have you seen Hamlet

Did he strike you as odd

For questioning the meaning of life

Before reading the pursuit of happiness?

Learn of despair

In a moment of anxiety,

Sought to define life

As a journey through time.

Do you know who to be

When you hear the words

It is your turn now?

Do you take it

As you like it

Or have you left it too late?

Are you congealed

Disconnected from fate

Do you believe in free will

Are you a person to kill

Or will you pull the plug

Before your hair falls out

And your gums recede.

Can you dance in the rain

Do you walk with a cane

Do you see yourself dead

Hung by a thread

Are you someone to love

Are you sent from above

As a Hawk or a Dove

Or one of the beautiful people.