Smoking Umbrellas - Failure

WOKE IN MY WARM BED

JUST IN TIME FOR ALL THE BRILLIANT RED LIGHTS

THEY WERE STREAMING THROUGH MY HALF SHUTTERED WINDOWS

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN TIME WITH MY STUTTERED BRAIN WAVES

THE DOOR KNOB WAS GLOWING

ALL MY PHOTOGRAPHS WERE RIPPLED AND MELTING

THROUGH THE WALLS I COULD HEAR PANICED VOICES

THEY SEEMED TO SAY, 'GO BACK TO BED THERE’S NO CHOICES

AND NOWHERE NOT BURNED OUT

THE FIREMAN CALLS OUT

WE’VE GOT ANOTHER

SMOKING UMBRELLA LEFT

IN THE HALLWAY AND

I GAVE NO ANSWER

TO ALL THEIR SHOUTED QUESTIONS, JUST LAY BACK CHOKING

DIDN’T WANT TO STAY BUT MY BED WAS ON FIRE

INSTEAD OF SCREAMING I FELL BACK INTO DREAMLAND

BLINKING AND SIGHING