Smoking Umbrellas

Failure

Woke in my warm bed


Just in time for all the brilliant red lights


They were streaming through my half shuttered windows


Christmas lights in time with my stuttered brain waves





The door knob was glowing


All my photographs were rippled and melting


Through the walls i could hear paniced voices


They seemed to say, 'go back to bed there's no choices


And nowhere not burned out





The fireman calls out


We've got another


Smoking umbrella left


In the hallway and





I gave no answer


To all their shouted questions, just lay back choking


Didn't want to stay but my bed was on fire


Instead of screaming i fell back into dreamland


Blinking and sighing