Fits of Neurons

I'm investing my life in nightmares
what never escapes from me.
Only dreams and--

I've got the leash in my right hand
my vice is in the left.
It all annoys the hell out of me
obstructing my view
can't seem to understand.
Betwixt or between
these rapid firings.
Even the neurotic will sleep
maybe snap into a slumber.

If I find the mission impossible
out of my own fault.
I'm tiptoeing over everyone's problems
locking my continuity in a vault.
Over the molehills they travel swift
puzzling the rotation of the Earth.

My head is spinning
faster than life itself.

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