"Parentheses"

One broken wing,

Soaring and suffering,

Arm in a sling,

I don't owe you anything.

I'm a bad absentee,

You know when I want to leave.

So close up your knees,

And I'll close your parentheses.

I'm a bad amputee,

With no phantom memory.

So close up your knees,

And I'll close your parentheses.