A NOTHING MORNING IS BREAKING

The ship is empty at daybreak
even the captain is gone
though he was nice enough
to leave his forwarding
address

I see the scar on your knee
and though you've told me
I can't help wondering
where and when that got
engraved

There's a battle raging for
our souls and the odds are
worsening with each passing day
though there is no clearcut
evil

There's no good either
but we all knew that already
just an academic exercise or
an experiment without Pyrex
beakers

The results are only going
to be shredded anyway
which serves to make it
seem fixed like professional
wrestling