DON'T ASK
Danny O'Keefe


All night long the Weeping Fish was singing
To the endless line of Strangers on the shore
I'm the Stranger, the one who's always writing
And she's the one that I am writing for

Universal laws of fiction rule us
Her on the pages of the heart
Love, when it's hot, must be magic
So love, what it's cool, may be art

"Only a fool, only a fool would care
Don't you dare
Only a fool, only a fool would dare"

Living in a world of two dimensions
Don't ever finish what you cannot start
It's no breaks and very long auditions
If you really want to play the Stranger's part

Line after line
Dipping the pen
Into the blue
Moving her lips
Making her sing
("What's that supposed to mean?"
"Don't Ask!")