i awoke quite weak and weary
from a dream of aesthetic theory
heard cats fighting in the street
and the windows rattle with wind and sleet
the leering, winking night
was a symphony of fright
the radiators cold as death
the air filled with my frozen breath
i put on my shoes and socks
took a dollar from my cigar box
though my debts i could not tally
from my garret did i sally
to the street so dark and drear
with no companion but my fear
and the lights of kentucky fried chicken
toward which my steps did quicken
and found the street so dark and fearsome
oh if only i could hear some
of the voices from the past
to wash away my guilt at last
some fragments of long ago
which with the wind would blow
my all-encompassing despair
through my wet and whispering air
and leave me just a shell
on the dark doorstep of hell
happily devouring my share
of the colonel's crispy golden fare
a basket of legs and wings
to my journey finally brings
the glow of stilled and final time
i never found in art or crime
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