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The Missing Conductor

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Ladies and gentlemen, please remain calm. The conductor has misplaced the train! "Wait-wait a minute!" The moon is wearing somebody else’s hat... And the rabbit has a lawyer! He walked in late with a pocket full of weather, A paper crown and a counterfeit feather. "Listen close!" Said, “I know a place where the clocks don’t tick,” Then forgot the address and blamed the traffic! He had a map, but the map was blank, A little gold star and a lot of red ink. He asked the room, “Was I meant to be here?” The room said, “Possibly,” and disappeared! I think he’s lost the plot! I don’t think he ever had a script. He’s spinning like a record... "With a needle that has slipped!" I think he’s lost the plot! He’s talking in a language made of smoke. Everybody’s waiting for the punchline, But nobody got the joke. Now the mayor’s on the ceiling, and the ceiling’s on the phone! The orchestra is whispering that the triangle wants to go home! "Check it!" He traded his reflection for a ticket to the fair, But the ticket said, “Admission for one invisible bear.” He said, “I’ve got a system,” then he pulled a lever twice, The whole world changed to polka dots and asked him for advice! I think he’s lost the plot! I don’t think he ever had a script. He’s dancing with the furniture... And calling it a crypt! I think he’s lost the plot! He’s chasing after shadows in a queue. Every time he finds the answer, It’s a question wearing blue! Please hold... your call is important to us. Your call is circling the drain. Press one for confusion. Press two for rain. Press three to speak with the man... who has misplaced his name. He built a little rocket out of spoons and broken glass, Put a suitcase in the driver’s seat and told the past to press the gas! "Go-go-go!" He waved goodbye to common sense, it waved goodbye right back, Then vanished down the avenue on a six-legged Cadillac! The stars began applauding, the pavement took a bow, He said, “I always meant to do this”... though he can’t remember how. Maybe there was never any ending. Maybe there was never any start. Maybe all the missing pages...Were the best part of the art![ Maybe every wrong direction was a door he didn’t see. Maybe losing all the plot is how you get to be free. I think he’s lost the plot! I don’t think he ever had a script. But the beat goes on forever... And the whole parade has flipped! I think he’s lost the plot! Let the sirens sing and the curtains split. If nobody knows the story... Then everybody’s in it! "Fresh-fresh-fresh!" Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. The show has been cancelled. The show has been postponed. The show has been improvised. The show has left the building. Please collect your belongings... And take somebody else’s home.