accidents will happen (look at creation)

i tripped in St. Augustine
by the shopping center
designed to look 400-years-old

where they sold
maple walnut iced cream
and little lads look
at the big stone fort
on the corner and wonder
if it would fit in their big
boy yard

when i fell down
no one said a word
or offered a hand
because

i'm a big boy

and i don't know spanish
or how to sail
or what it means to love
with my whole heart
(me, being heartless)

and i don't know tanlines
or how to creep
or what it means to hurt
with my whole soul
(me, being damned)

and i don't know Ripley
or how to believe it(or not)
or what it means to understand
with real faith
(me, being me)

it's ok,
my knee was fine
after I put on a bandaid