a dripping faucet in the skull
a plink plink plink
that interrupts thought
plink
skips the needle back
to the start of the spinning record
starts the song over
plink
the song starts over, the chorus interrupted
the needle skips back to the beginning
settles deeper in the groove
plink
a trench dug in the crenulations of the brain
an inescapable maze
plink
a hall you keep walking
expecting a new door to open
where there are only walls
plink
try to build a wall around the thought
something to contain it
stop it from spreading in a pool
plink
of water from a dripping faucet
a vertical pendulum of sound
plink
drop after drop appears
on the metal lip
the same drop always
singing the same song