A NOTE FROM LUCIFER HIMSELF

I'll drive down the street
and see peeps walking along
from the back
I can't see their faces
just their shape and
male or female
though that's not always
easy to discern

and the game I play
is if I could
would I trade places
with this person? 

I have to decide before
I pass them by
no fair looking
at their faces 
split-second decision
(leap of faith based
upon incomplete information--
so familiar to me)

and I surprise myself at
how many times I say no
I'm not switching
even though I often see
it's someone younger
likely in better health
and better shape 
prolly with everything
going for them
and I surprise myself
at how often
I would still choose to be me

guess it's the old devil
that you know
is better than the one
you don't know

and I'm nothing
if not an old devil
with a lot
of really hot
memories