
The thing that's always there In the alcoves of your mind The thing that makes you lie The thing that makes you blind The thing you never mention When you try and talk sense Gossip, movies, politics And current events The thing that's deep below And always at the surface The ghost in the attic The phantom in the furnace Try and stay busy Avoid, disrupt, deny Wash your brain with booze It never leaves your side by Richard W. Bray