On the Cheek

Going around at a day at a time
he gets the feeling he's falling behind.
Traveling slowly and spurning the race,

only the planet can keep up the pace

Morning's already tomorrow and she's

burning the clouds that encumber his dreams.

It's a return to the what he likes best:
comfortable feelings of his loneliness,
Where is the lady he kissed on the cheek?

Wasn't her name Adelaide or Monique?

Chasing down girls on the boardwalk and then
letting them go and find prettier men.
Lights on the carousel dim as the dusk

settles upon the perennial dust.