Sea Dogs

sometimes i see things that other people don't see and sometimes i do not see them i don't apologize anymore i just lace up my gray sneakers i can't wake up all the time or even half the time or even be on time now the backyard is thickening how is it everything living will one day die the dirt is all clean and the branches are crisscrossing everything's sun in my eyes i can't be there all the time or even half the time or even tell you the time when up in the clouds are sea dogs and kites and big white basketballs the backyard is thickening how is it everything everything is alive alive, alive past the woods and the skokie lagoons we were half drunk and bulldozing lake michigan i was free to choose not to be me or you who am i ever and ever again i can't be me all the time or even half the time or ever make up my mind when up in the clouds are sea dogs and kites and big white basketballs monsters appearing in a cottonball line everything is alive alive, alive