Weeping like the ghost of winter, we watch our tears   Kiss ash and turn to steam. We walk on hot coals   Where a stream meandered. Tarred and tanned. We   Flex and count the tumours on our hands--spreading   Swiftly now. For this, we waited just a lifetime.   Sun blessed mirror shaded mad dogs. Blow a kiss we'll   All fall over. Hunting the oasis but there's only cola-   Sensurround. A technicolour thrill . . . it costs a fortune,   So it must be real. For just a little sip, we'll   Keep waiting (just a lifetime.)   And some of us work underground. We dug a hole and   Settled down. We waited for the gentle sound of steady   Rain to soak the ground and raattle on our ventilator.   Guess the time we sat there waiting. Yes, you   Guessed! We waited just a lifetime.   And dragons walked the earth again; parrafin was free.   A fire-eater went insane and torched the final tree.   And one fine say the planet crumbled, just cause   Someone sneezed. For this, we waited just a lifetime.