these metal cabinets and Lew Alcindor

my thanks to Frankie Phonecall
skyhook my repeating and scoring

my kitchen, my garage
i decline to be centered
my thankfulness remains the constant now that everything's changing

on my winning way
long since garbage
i decline to be centered

i help hold a flashlight here in the garage
while you fix my battery
i recline now that i'm centered
by these metal cabinets I keep for Lew Alcindor
repeating your scoring
these metal cabinets and Lew Alcindor