AND THE STRANGE THING IS


today when i woke up i found
i was all wrapped up like a mummy
in muslin i was tightly bound
i would have laughed if it had been remotely funny
at last i managed to tear myself free
i looked around the room
i had all my worldly possessions with me
locked up in this airtight tomb

and the strange thing is this was just a normal day
and the strange thing is this feeling won’t go away
and the strange thing is this happens to me every day
in fact i always feel this way

last night as i watched tv
i was paralysed from my toes up to my head
i could still hear and i could see
so i could tell that i was not dead
i tried not to panic
i didn’t try to scream
i just sat still for half an hour
with my glazed eyes fixed upon the screen

and the strange thing is…

today at the supermarket i was drowning in the sea
my trolley was an anchor it was sinking gradually
but nobody seemed to notice, or else no one seemed to care
so i just went on shopping and i didn’t even once come up for air

and the strange thing is…

---

© david schweitzer 2002