rolling back

like a pinball

off a paddle

darling

you were out that door

and gone

gone like you knew

knew where you were going

yes life has its bright lights

and bells and whistles

but it has its bumper cars too

and like a pinball

off the paddles

you bounced

and you raced

and you rolled

and like a pinball

off the paddles

darling

you came home

like you weren’t knowing

where you’d been