[ WP ] To deal with overpopulation , on your 45th birthday you are legally obligated to go to your local death center and be executed . Well today is your 50th birthday , and the government is pissed .

BAM BAM BAM 
 
 boom boom 
 
 MURmur murMUR 
 
 cough 
 
 Outside the door 
 
 Blue coated wolves 
 
 Teeth gnashing 
 
 They howl 
 
 OPEN UP 
 
 Tell me 
 
 I say to Susan 
 
 Who is like me 
 
 not 
 
 alive nor dead 
 
 Because she's a towel 
 
 When did wolves 
 
 Learn to howl like that 
 
 And Susan 
 
 Says nothing 
 
 Because she's a towel 
 
 And never learned how 
 
 To say 
 
 I laugh 
 
 Whipping wind laughs 
 
 That hurt my throat 
 
 And the wolves are listening 
 
 I know because they 
 
 Are quiet 
 
 Like Susan 
 
 Who is always 
 
 Listening 
 
 who IS it 
 
 I call 
 
 In sing song tones 
 
 Even though I know 
 
 And they know 
 
 I know 
 
 Because I've been running much too long 
 
 And they chasing much too much 
 
 To play 
 
 Pretend 
 
 MR FINCH 
 
 they bark 
 
 WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE 
 
 I say nothing 
 
 Neither does Susan 
 
 WE ARE GOING TO BUST THIS DOOR DOWN 
 
 yapping 
 
 Not my door 
 
 I grin 
 
 Why should I care 
 
 If it's up or down 
 
 This I say so quietly that 
 
 Not even Susan 
 
 Can listen 
 
 Only my ear drums 
 
 Hear 
 
 And they pump with excitement 
 
 You are so clever 
 
 They whisper 
 
 I laugh 
 
 My eyes though 
 
 Are not so relaxed 
 
 As my ears and I 
 
 And they strain to come free 
 
 of my skull 
 
 They pump too 
 
 Nervousness 
 
 Struggling to free 
 
 Themselves 
 
 They point 
 
 At the bathroom window 
 
 I look to them 
 
 Questioningly 
 
 And they look to me 
 
 You think 
 
 I whisper 
 
 I thought better 
 
 The mirror 
 
 And point 
 
 At the dirty leak 
 
 Before me 
 
 They shake 
 
 I shrug 
 
 And move 
 
 Limp wristed 
 
 Akimbo arms 
 
 Legs splitting 
 
 Playing pendulum 
 
 With each other 
 
 As if 
 
 Crossing a discotheque 
 
 So quiet 
 
 To the window 
 
 I slide it 
 
 Open 
 
 BANG 
 
 The door comes down 
 
 Blue wolves streaming in 
 
 I scream 
 
 Ai n't got 
 
 Much teeth 
 
 So I'm loud 
 
 Nothing to stop it 
 
 One leg out the window 
 
 They have Susan 
 
 And say 
 
 WE GOT 
 
 YOUR PAL 
 
 YOU OLD 
 
 BASTARD 
 
 Other leg out 
 
 Their claws 
 
 Out too 
 
 We freeze 
 
 I grin 
 
 And say 
 
 She ai n't gon na tell you nothing 
 
 And jump 
 
 

