always_the_last_to_know Rhinna ...when I was a little girl, I used to think that I could sneak upon the world, and catch it doing unthinkable things. I would stand just inside the door, to my home, and then in a sudden burst of movement, I would fling the door open, and pounce out onto the deck! I would give our property the once over, with my skeptical eye, and then look toward the sky. I was just convinced that there were things going on out there, behind my back. I was also convinced, that one day, I would catch the world in a state of chaos - to which I would scream: "Aha!" I didn't have any plans beyond the initial discovery. Hey, I was a child! I just wanted the Earth to know that I knew! Regardless, I knew, without a doubt, that the world ran amuck, when I wasn't looking. Actually, it still does... 010227 ... birdmad a great Del Amitri song 010227 ... dB Way down the track, made the wrong turn, Finished up where I started, You noticed a change come over me, Fell in love with my own reflection yeah, How does it feel beneath your own wheel, Feels like an accident waking up, Under a bus with my fingers crossed, Now is the time we could make it up, So you lost the fear it wasn't that bad, Left to your own devices yeah, Still a young girl eyes on the clock, Tick like a motor running out, Magnets and words up on the fridge, Speak to the poet in all of us, I missed the page that you thought about, Drew in the frost on the windowpane, But who I wonder could fail to notice, The aching silence came down, I'm humble know, I hope you might come back, In your own time, Left to your own devices, And so, that's how it goes, Never the first, Always the last to know 010620 what's it to you? who go blather from