Country Doctor Blues

Dr. Rudolph left in plain clothes under camera light
he threw punches at the homeless in a staged fight
he touched lemons to his forehead for the stage-fright
he told his mistress he couldn't stay with her all night
he had a letter in his head that he had to write
but the goblins on the archways said he had no right
to throw colors at distance runners as they flew a kite
so he shed off all his skin to show the muscle might
he went from rosy pink to tv noise and static white
he went from normal shoes to stilt walking giant height
he licked his pen and scratched his eyes to save his sight
he took off the lamb-skin jacket that had grown too tight
and removed the shark-skin gloves so they could not bite

He was lonely and he had nowhere to go.