"No Strings" Isn't Good Enough

Stromboli

I can't sing for you 

for I want to be

a real one too

not one like you

not one like that

I will not be

the always hissing cat

under a rouse it's ok 

'cause I'm a cat

Nor will I be purring

in a lap

fat and complacent 

slow and dire

no

I'll be a cat in the night

under the stars shining bright

when they're burning out the light

walking on without a fright ..

Like Evel Knievel

Right?

and leaping over the fence

and crawling through the vents

because I gave my word

to never pray on

little birds

but find the scrap

when it's appropriate

to clean up the scene

if the scene becomes discordant

underneath a tyrannical laser beam

that claims it isn't mean ...

yeah, right ..

When pincocchio sang

"I got no strings to get me down"

he thought he was empowered

to not wear a frown

but then the frown was turned

 inside out

Vibrations make relations

that cycle back to you

that glue to the bottom

 of your shoes

that dictate everything you do

and so what's low in vibes

won't give, but suck from lives

and no strings isn't good enough

if your smile's carved out of wood

it's going to be inevitably very tough

unless you make it real

and say 

enough

 S. Rose Ashcraft