the search

Assisted by Kublai Khan in finding
   treasures of the world:
take the bus to fascination street
and get off at the shiny happy
station where bum meets gold and
   milk and honey.
Follow the path to the monkey house
go past the water tower filled with blood;
sacrifice yourself to the overly-demanding
goat in a head-dress. That is
how you get your foot in the door.
C'mon now, throw your weight into it,
and fall, and you have become.

I'm just a scared little boy
most of the time and I
want nothing more than for you
to hold me and tell me it
will all be ok.

This life is a farce,
said the pale-faced woman at he bar.
But I don't go to bars,
so this life is far too real for me,

far too real.