Colin Newman
Seconds to Last
At a conference of oneI present my caseFreezing takes time, arson takes livesThe meeting adjourned to examine my biologyA home on a hilltop or a hole in the groundMy teeth were wiredI could hardly swallowNow time seems suspendedMy mouth was aching, my back was breakingThe tables turned, imagine!My parts regroupedI await this outcomeThe grinding is stopped, the filing beginsI have to consider, I cannot decideSome find disarray, some find miseryMy fate decided, my attention dividedMy seat reserved in a momentary diversionHung over in a cliff-hanger, yet still not losing gripI seem excited, yet rarely satisfied
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