Once Again I topped the Hill

 

Once again I topped the hill.

Once again I topped the hill but tonight it's different.

Tonight it's different, but every night's diff'rent so what's the

diff'?

I topped the hill and a girl called out,

"Can I get a light?" from across the via-duct

Into the nowhere neighborhood with a Wal-Mart Mall,

I heard the call, said, "wait a sec,"...

Almost a blind acceleration trap, but I checked,

Then ran across to render service.

I topped the hill and stopped

For a fine woman with an abandoned butt

Hanging from her smiling dried bottom-lip

Saying, "I know how hard that can be sometimes,"

And I gave her a light while we sussed,

But despite what we've discussed,

I'm the one who has a home.

I topped the hill, and she will too

If none of us know what the other ones do

With a time-worn get-you-through shoe

The eyes trade the burn and in a moment return

The loss of neglected gifts with mutual lifts -

We're ready for our lifetime shifts...

I topped the hill and stopped being surprised

I have become what I devised

To survive what I despised

And realized...the wanderer I'd hoped to find

Is disguised

I topped the hill

I topped the hill with the breath I began with

I began with the breath which topped the hill

I topped the hill with the breath you began with

You began with the breath with which I topped the hill:

You topped the hill.