Not Instead But In Lieu

A man does best when he is most himself. - Thoreau

when the wheels come all the way off

when your name is nothing but a cough

when you need but don't realize the cost

when there's no 'found' and only a 'lost'

when you've only got one slipper and one shoe

when all your credit cards are overdue and you don't know what to do

when you're standing in a long line, you finally get to the window and someone asks, "who the hell are you"

when you haven't the first damned clue

Author's Note

"Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations." - Thoreau