Midway in each walk of life
�The naive sound asleep lay�
A day cracks colder than strife.

Less discordant the fishwife
Pummeling Joe's mind each day.

Midway in each walk of life
More remissive the quick knife
At the small cornered prey.

A day cracks colder than strife
Than when the piper and fife
Enchant the children away.

Midway in each walk of life
None shall think likely half-life
�The expectant cringing lay.

A day cracks colder than strife
The day confusion runs rife.

Shall I pursue? Shall I stay?
Midway in each walk of life,
A day cracks colder than strife. (November 2001)

Copyright �2002 Olivier Serrat
less discordant the fishwife
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