Diotama's Ladder on a Rocking Chair

A rocking chair

In an empty room

Where two lovers once talked of love

Never made love

Never could find that magic switch

To turn the wheelchair off

And the lights on

And make this prison a home

So instead they listened to the Preacher

And found the flaws in Lysistrata's ending

And found the flaws because they had no ending

But there are some movies they could watch

Escape through a silver screen and a small pipe

But the end was still just out of their reach

Because a rocking chair

They just wanted to rock that chair

But the wheels keep sliding

Across the floor even when it's locked

And the brakes keep breaking

And the floor won't be shaking

And the neighbors won't be complaining

Because they want to rock that chair

That rocking rocking chair

Make it electric

And light up their worlds once again

So they'll make jokes about paralysis

And they'll make light about the chairs

Because its easier to talk about it from afar

Joke about it like its not their problem

And make out as if they aren't both paralyzed

With fear of the future and that rockless chair