A master, a dean
A leader or a number
In name or in a song
Under the bed
Or on top of a flagpole
Greeting the new
Forgetting the old

The annoyance of the same one
Signing on time after time

The signs and papers
Directions to get us lost
Milestones and footstones
Damaging the soles of feet
Forced to walk

Wet and cold
Miserable and dying
Strobe lights and music
Making my head spin

The soft walk up the stairs
The hard doorways
Watching a meaningless television screen
As people make fools of themselves

My shoulder aches
The feet shall shatter
The stollen couch
Only to be crushed
Between two bodies
Completely aware

The fight
The win
The suprise ending

Off to a better beginning.