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Mice Lost In The Maze
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It’s the latest craze
homeless men in a maze
of rumpled bunk beds
the mission dorm is full o’ bobbing heads
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That one goes that way
this one goes this way
One goes one way
so another goes another way
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Laborers & recovering addicts
young computer game fanatics
fat boy heart attacks
& incompacitated rack-backs
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There’s a student or two
one has the flu
a motley crew of missionites
helps keep the mission going days & nights
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That one goes that way
this one goes this way
One goes one way
so another goes another way
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They’ll pray but they won’t vote
dreaming in a plastic dream boat
that won’t float forevermore
but back on the chapel floor…
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That one goes that way
this one goes this way
it’s the latest craze
homeless men lost in the maze…
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(Copyright Clyde Collins 2012)
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