Tribeless
Tried hanging with the Mormons
They’re really neat
But couldn’t see past the meat of yellow
Tried hanging with the Catholics
But fact is
They’re kinda mean
And you won’t find a bigger group
That needs to mellow
Tried being a good Lutheran
Tried being a smart Methodist
Hanging out with those who like to eat
But I never learned the best
In the ways to cook potluck
And I never learned to dance
Without my feet
I have tried being a Bowler
To wax the dusty lanes
But I always hit the gutters
Every weekend was the same
I’ve tried the local gym
The tribe of angry sweat
But I couldn’t decide on causes
For how large a part could get!
So I hunted out the courts
Hoping tennis was the key
But a key I couldn’t afford
After they changed it … now not free
So took my ass back to school
Students, after all, is a large tribe
Well, the teachers saved me from grace
But the rest barely knew I was alive
Every now and then I’d move
To try everything again
Thinking community was key
For the reasons I didn’t fit in
Was a gangster bitch in Albuquerque
A psychic in the redneck North
Drew the crazy card in Salt Lake City
Was a ‘giver’ for all intents
On western shores
Have tried a thousand jobs
And lived a million lives
But never do fit in
Never found my tribe
Then one day
I wandered onto Myspace
And at least it’s someplace to be
Cyber space
A screaming fantasy
But at least the demons you find there are free
You see, I know what my huge problem was
Well, comes down to a smoking ‘this’
An alpha female who doesn’t want to fight
Who’s a pacifist
Who would rather see peace
And a world of cooperation
Than pecking hens
And fading charms
You see it’s the women who rule
You never knew it
But their pain is what’s caused the most harm
And I suppose I think more like a man
Or something that isn’t that keen
For gossip and taunts
And ridiculous journeys
To find yourself right where you’ve been
Add to that a childhood spent on beaches
With the sun telling one ‘blessed’ is alright
I never had the heart to be a ‘winner’
Never so weak with desire
That I had to fight
So am left on the shores of what I call ‘tribeless’
And strange thing is we’re making our own land
A world of cyberspace for the mentally homeless
Because the rest ….
Well, the rest can be damned
