<p>another comeback</p><p>climbing back up out of the ooze, out of<br />the thick black tar, <br />rising up again, a modern<br />Lazarus.<br />you're amazed at your good<br />fortune.<br />somehow you've had more<br />than your share of second<br />chances.<br />hell, accept it.<br />what you have, you have.<br />you walk and look in the bathroom<br />mirror<br />at an idiot's smile. <br />you know your luck.<br />some go down and never climb back up.<br />something is being kind to you.<br />you turn from the mirror and walk into the<br />world.<br />you find a chair, sit down, light a cigar.<br />back from a thousand wars<br />you look out from an open door into the silent<br />night.<br />Sibelius plays on the radio.<br />nothing has been lost or destroyed.<br />you blow smoke into the night, <br />tug at your right<br />ear.<br />baby, right now, you've got it<br />all.