Robbers

Sulking

Walking ’round the city after dark

Need protection from street thugs

Who clip the tires and rip the doors

Off rugs like cowards

And all this life we’ve glorified

Robbing from the blind

Is not easy you see

Don’t think I don’t know sympathy

My victims, in my shadow

Staring back at me

Not me, I’m knocking

Tip toe outside a stranger’s door

I casually let myself in

Fill pockets with trinkets, purses

China antique armoirs

And all this life we’ve glorified

Robbing from the blind

Is not easy you see

Don’t think I don’t know sympathy

My victims, in my shadow

Staring back at me

As robbers in my thoughts

They tell me what to think

They’re hiding in my clothes

Crawling in the kitchen sink