I Didn't Know

There goes a silhouette
Across the window
There's a blemish
On the sun
There's a definite
Beating, coming
Should I just sit
Or should I run
There is nothing I can do....

I didn't know
Not to put two sticks in
I didn't know
What it could do
I wonder if
The old gray cat, lived
Fire hurts
When it touches you
There was nothing I could do

There goes another silhouette
Across the window
My stomachs turned inside out
Laying a heap down on the floor
I wonder if the old man
Will let me know
I wonder if he's going to hit me
Or tell me, "Son, you have to go!"
Dammit
There was nothing I could do........

Tony Taylor (Chicago)