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The Cost Of Living

from The Future Tense by Niall Connolly

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The Cost of Living


I find it hard to get to sleep, harder to get up,

I sell too much of my time, it seems like everybody must.

Just to keep a roof over head, earn a bitter crust,

Am I some kind of fool to think there must be more for us?

It’s only 6 weeks to Christmas,

Already the end of Ramadan,

I know I should be able to fix it,

To be happy with what I’ve got and where I am.

This is not Fallujah

Not Jenin, not Darfur, this is not Ramallah,

No one here knows what we’re fighting for.

I’ve seen fragmented pictures, not unlike faces I have known,

Like a trailer for some film that should never have been shown,

But they are fighting in the old city there’s poison in the well,

We have no time for pity we are too busy with ourselves.

I know where I faultered, and I know how much it cost,

I cut the tree to count the rings and see how much I lost.

We’ve talked about everything, we don’t talk anymore,

We’ve all got our own worries; still I’d like to carry yours

This is not Fallujah

Not Jenin, not Darfur, this is not Ramallah,

No one here knows what we’re fighting for.

What do we know about problems?

When we still can, and do, make plans.

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from The Future Tense, released October 1, 2007

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