I have been working
What was once working
Is now not working
What was a shadow of a doubt now it is lurking
Round every bend
I have been toiling
What was once ripe
Now it is spoiling
What was once cool
Now it is boiling
A great and terrible machine I have been oiling
I have been grinding
What was a mystery to me
I have been finding
It is a chain
Forever binding
It is a river running deep and ever winding
I have been sewing
What was a seed
Now it is growing
A funny fruit
I will be reaping
And in the bed that I have made I will be sleeping
And if I ever make ends meet
The tail of a snake I’ll eat
This mortal coil will repeat
A perfect circle will complete
