Maybe
by John McKernan
Maybe Orpheus carry you across River Lethe piggy back
Maybe he take knife out of your skull
Maybe you find new name in bowl of alphabet soup
Maybe you be Designated Dier
Maybe someone use rain water to rewrite your Death Certificate
Maybe you change name to Charles Manson or Charles Darwin or Charlemagne
Maybe you learn to sleepwalk backwards
Maybe you design a new alphabet full of silent letters
Maybe dust be powdered gold
Maybe you run out of money
Maybe the sheet of paper is not truly blank
Maybe resistance to change is a new species of hope
Maybe it wasn’t light that washed the darkness away but desire
Maybe Desiree is another drug to kill feeling
Maybe Yesterday was not there at all
Maybe You keep saying Maybe Maybe As if it were a dishrag
Maybe love makes sex better
Maybe sex makes love better
Maybe you need to look at a decaying mansion for two months
Maybe you are confused about buying Lottery Tickets
Maybe every number in the universe is contained within the number 1
Maybe you need a pet crow that lives on cottage cheese and low-fat milk
Maybe you and Prometheus need a liver transplant