Waltzing Round the Edge of the World

I am one, in the midst of this global sprawl
On these long summer days, bereft of rain
Listening to the lies broadcast over the radio

About some distant war in some far off land
Between peoples I can never hope to understand
Rocking back and forth, protected, sheltered

Or maybe imprisoned within these magnolia-
Coated walls. And outside the cats they call
How those Toms yowl! How those Queens howl!

And that tower of lies collapses in on itself
And I rise from my chair and I dance,
Waltzing around the edge of the world.